SB209 is a bill in the Oklahoma Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Economic development; creating the Taiwan Regional Trade Office; stating duties and responsibilities.

What is the status of SB209?

Chaptered as of May 29, 2025. Latest action: Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/29/2025 (May 29, 2025).

Roland Pederson (R, SD-019), with 4 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for SB209?

On the Oklahoma Legislature website: https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB209&Session=2600

Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session

Oklahoma SB209: Economic development; creating the Taiwan Regional Trade Office; stating duties and responsibilities.

Q: What does SB209 do?

In its own words: An Act relating to economic development; creating the Taiwan Regional Trade Office; authorizing the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to administer creation of Office; stating duties and responsibilities; requiring certain office location; requiring certain analysis by the Department by certain date; directing the Department to cease operation under certain circumstances; providing for promulgation of rules; and providing for codification. SUBJECT: Taiwan Regional Trade Office.

Status: Chaptered, May 29, 2025

What the bill says

An Act relating to economic development; creating the Taiwan Regional Trade Office; authorizing the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to administer creation of Office; stating duties and responsibilities; requiring certain office location; requiring certain analysis by the Department by certain date; directing the Department to cease operation under certain circumstances; providing for promulgation of rules; and providing for codification. SUBJECT: Taiwan Regional Trade Office.

From the enrolled text, May 22, 2025:

An Act relating to economic development; creating the Taiwan Regional Trade Office; authorizing the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to administer creation of Office; stating duties and responsibilities; requiring certain office location; requiring certain analysis by the Department by certain date; directing the Department to cease operation under certain circumstances; providing for promulgation of rules; and providing for codification. SUBJECT: Taiwan Regional Trade Office SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 5008.10 of Title 74, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: A. There is hereby created the Taiwan Regional Trade Office. B. The Office shall be an administrative component of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce. C. The Office shall: 1. Facilitate economic relationships between Oklahoma-based businesses and business entities with principal business activity which is based or occurs regionally to Taiwan that shall not include any authoritarian or totalitarian government the sovereign powers of which are exercised through a single person or group of persons who are not elected by any form of legitimate popular voting; 2. Promote Oklahoma-based business and establish business-tobusiness trading activity with business entities based regionally to Taiwan; 3. Provide information about business trading opportunities with business entities based regionally to Taiwan for Oklahoma-based businesses; 4. Facilitate positive relationships between this …

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Oklahoma SB209: Economic development; creating the Taiwan Regional Trade Office; stating duties and responsibilities.

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