OK HB1122

Oklahoma State Athletic Commission becomes a separate and distinct agency from the State Department of Health, with all records, property, equipment, assets, and funds transferred to the Commission effective November 1, 2025.

Commission jurisdiction expands to cover licensing of both amateur and professional combative sports practitioners, including mixed martial artists, kickboxers, and boxers, along with associated personnel such as promoters, referees, judges, and physicians.

Promoting or participating in unsanctioned professional or amateur combative sports events is now explicitly unlawful, with the Commission directed to halt unlicensed promotions and seek administrative, criminal, and civil penalties against violators.

Removes the exception allowing proof of hepatitis B vaccination in lieu of hepatitis B testing for license applicants; all participants must now submit certified test results for HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C within 365 days before the event.

Commission employees transferred from the State Department of Health retain their current salary grade, accumulated leave, and retirement benefits, with personnel transfer coordinated through the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.