Oklahoma HB3024: Public finance; agencies; salary increases; bonus amounts; metrics; job performance; advanced degrees; licensed persons; effective date; emergency.

What the bill says

An Act relating to public finance; requiring cabinet secretary approval for salary increases in excess of specified percentage; imposing limitation on maximum salary increases; requiring agencies to adopt rules related to job performance; excluding certain licensed professional persons from certain restrictions; providing for applicability to certain employee category; providing for inapplicability to non-appropriated agencies; providing for inapplicability to certain employee categories; providing for codification; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

From the engrossed text, March 11, 2026:

An Act relating to public finance; requiring cabinet secretary approval for salary increases in excess of specified percentage; imposing limitation on maximum salary increases; requiring agencies to adopt rules related to job performance; excluding certain licensed professional persons from certain restrictions; providing for applicability to certain employee category; providing for inapplicability to non-appropriated agencies; providing for inapplicability to certain employee categories; 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 280.1 of Title 62, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: A. No executive branch agency shall increase the salary of a state employee by more than ten percent (10%) with respect to any fiscal year unless the cabinet secretary with jurisdiction over the agency formally approves such increase. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall prescribe a form to be used by a cabinet secretary and at least one copy of the approval shall be ENGR. H. B. NO. 3024 Page reta ined by the agency providing the salary increase and one copy shall be retained by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. B. The maximum bonus amount that any state agency …

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