Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma HB1675: Emergency management; defining terms; assessments and reviews; warning systems; drills; recreational campgrounds; emergency plans on file; effective date.
Status: Signed into law, May 11, 2026
What the bill says
An Act relating to emergency management; defining terms; providing for applicability; directing for assessments and reviews; requiring action plans; requiring submission of assessments and plans to regulating authority; providing exception; directing for communication and warning systems; providing standards; requiring training and drills; requiring disclosure; providing for rulemaking; providing enforcement; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section 681, which relates to school buildings and fallout protection; adding recreational campgrounds…
From the enrolled text, May 5, 2026:
An Act relating to emergency management; defining terms; providing for applicability; directing for assessments and reviews; requiring action plans; requiring submission of assessments and plans to regulating authority; providing exception; directing for communication and warning systems; providing standards; requiring training and drills; requiring disclosure; providing for rulemaking; providing enforcement; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section 681, which relates to school buildings and fallout protection; adding recreational campgrounds; requiring emergency plans be on file with local emergency management director; updating statutory language; providing for codification; and providing an effective date. SUBJECT: Emergency management SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 683.24C of Title 63, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: As used in this act: 1. "Camp facility" means an operator of a facility that hosts or is rented by multiple youth camps; 2. "Emergency action plan" or "EAP" means a written, sitespecific plan addressing preparedness response, evacuation, sheltering, and communication for severe weather hazards; 3. "Hazard exposure zone" means an area identified through federal, state, or local data as subject to one or more severe weather hazards; 4. "Outdoor program" means a youth-serving activity conducted primarily outdoors, including wilderness programs, sports camps, adventure camps, or similar operations; 5. "Regulating authority" means the emergency management director …