HB 1934 - Jamie Lea Pearl Act Summary

• Creates the "Jamie Lea Pearl Act" establishing a new category of medical needs motor carriers that must be formed as 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations to transport passengers for little or no cost for medical needs including dialysis, cancer treatments, prosthetics, pain management, and physical rehabilitation.

• Requires medical needs motor carriers to operate only vehicles with maximum two axles, gross vehicle weight rating of 5,000 pounds or less, and capacity for five or fewer occupants; prohibits denial of transportation based on ethnicity, age, sex, or disability.

• Mandates minimum commercial insurance requirements of $100,000 per person/$300,000 per incident for bodily injury and $100,000 for property damage; quarterly vehicle safety inspections; and 10-hour maximum daily driving limits.

• Requires all drivers to have five-year clean motor vehicle records, federal and state background checks, ten-panel drug testing results, and fingerprint cards on file for at least two years after employment ends.

• Directs Oklahoma Corporation Commission to promulgate emergency rules within 60 days and permanent rules thereafter; effective date is November 1, 2025.