HB 2729 Summary

• Establishes that claims under the Administrative Procedures Act accrue when any properly joined plaintiff has the right to assert the claim in court, at the earliest being the date the party is aggrieved by final agency action.

• Requires courts and administrative hearing officers to interpret state statutes, administrative rules, and regulations de novo without deference to agency interpretation, and to exercise doubt in favor of reasonable interpretations that limit agency power and maximize individual liberty.

• Prohibits civil penalties in actions brought by administrative agencies against persons or entities for conduct that would be subject to common law suits with jury trial rights, unless the case proceeds to trial by jury in an Oklahoma constitutional court.

• Allows exceptions to the civil penalty prohibition for summary judgments under Title 12 of Oklahoma Statutes and for civil equity cases that did not previously involve jury trial rights.

• Effective date: November 1, 2025.