HB 2259 Summary

• Amends Section 311 of the Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Code to modify exemptions for employees not covered by workers' compensation insurance.

• Redefines "residential employee" exemption (paragraph 11) to replace the $10,000 annual payroll threshold with an hours-based and wage-based test: workers employed less than 52 hours in the preceding 90 calendar days or earning less than $100 in wages during that period.

• Removes the old language referring to "domestic servants or casual workers" and replaces it with the new "residential employee" definition.

• Effective date: November 1, 2012.