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OK HB1497

Bill

Status

Passed

5/19/2025

Primary Sponsor

Mark Tedford

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Oklahoma insurance holding company statutes (36 O.S. 2021, Sections 1631, 1635, and 1640) to add new definitions including "Group Capital Calculation Instructions," "NAIC Liquidity Stress Test Framework," and "Scope Criteria"

  • Requires ultimate controlling persons of registered insurers to file annual group capital calculations with the lead state Insurance Commissioner, following NAIC instructions, with exemptions for single-insurer systems writing only in their domestic state, Federal Reserve-regulated groups, and those supervised by qualifying non-U.S. jurisdictions

  • Mandates insurers scoped into the NAIC Liquidity Stress Test Framework to file annual stress test results, with scope criteria reviewed at least annually by the NAIC Financial Stability Task Force

  • Clarifies that documents, materials, and information obtained through examinations or required filings are proprietary, contain trade secrets, and shall remain confidential—exempt from open records requests, subpoenas, and discovery in private civil actions

  • Prohibits public dissemination of group capital calculations, ratios, and liquidity stress test results as these are regulatory tools not intended to rank insurers; effective November 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Insurance; registration of insurers; report; Liquidity Stress Test; confidential documents; information; trade secrets; effective date.

Last Action

Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/18/2025

5/19/2025

Committee Referrals

Business and Insurance4/1/2025
Insurance2/5/2025
Commerce and Economic Development Oversight2/5/2025
Rules2/4/2025

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