Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma HB3787: Elections; non-qualified electors; registration requirements for candidates; board of education; technology center school district; effective date.
Status: In committee, April 1, 2026
What the bill says
An Act relating to elections; prohibiting persons who are not qualified electors from filing as candidates for any municipal office; prohibiting nonqualified electors from being appointed to any unexpired term for elected municipal office; amending 26 O.S. 2021, Section 5-105, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 43, O.S.L. 2022 (26 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 5-105), which relates to registration requirements for candidates for state or county office; requiring candidates to be qualified electors…
From the engrossed text, March 11, 2026:
An Act relating to elections; prohibiting persons who are not qualified electors from filing as candidates for any municipal office; prohibiting nonqualified electors from being appointed to any unexpired term for elected municipal office; amending 26 O.S. 2021, Section 5-105, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 43, O.S.L. 2022 (26 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 5-105), which relates to registration requirements for candidates for state or county office; requiring candidates to be qualified electors; prohibiting nonqualified electors from being appointed to any unexpired term for elected state or county office; prohibiting nonqualified electors from being elected to or serving on a board of education for a school district or technology center school district; prohibiting nonqualified electors from being appointed to any unexpired term for elected board of education of a school district or technology center school district office; providing for codification; and providing an effective date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 16-115 of Title 11, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: Any person who is not a qualified elector as described in Section 1 of Article III of the Oklahoma Constitution may file as a ENGR. H. B. NO. 3787 Page cand …