Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma SB1262: Education; providing certain tuition waivers for individuals who are victims of certain offenses. Effective date. Emergency.
Status: In committee, March 31, 2026
What the bill says
An Act relating to education; providing certain tuition waiver for certain individuals who are victims of certain offenses; limiting use of waiver for certain time period; directing certain amount to be awarded by allocation from the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Trust Fund; directing tuition waivers to be awarded based on available funding and the number of eligible students; providing for promulgation of rules; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 3953.1, as amended by Section 4, Chapter 330, O.S.L. 2024 (70 O.S. Supp…
From the engrossed text, March 26, 2026:
An Act relating to education; providing certain tuition waiver for certain individuals who are victims of certain offenses; limiting use of waiver for certain time period; directing certain amount to be awarded by allocation from the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Trust Fund; directing tuition waivers to be awarded based on available funding and the number of eligible students; providing for promulgation of rules; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 3953.1, as amended by Section 4, Chapter 330, O.S.L. 2024 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 3953.1), which relates to the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Trust Fund; expanding use of fund for certain purpose; updating statutory references; updating statutory language; providing for codification; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency. 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 3218.7-2 of Title 70, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: A. An individual who was a victim of human trafficking for commercial sex or human trafficking for labor, as such terms are defined in Section 748 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, who was under the age of eighteen (18) and a resident of this state and a ENGR. S. B. NO. 1262 Page citi zen of …
Sponsors
- Christi Gillespie (R, SD-033) · primary sponsor