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OK HB1934

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/26/2025

Primary Sponsor

Danny Sterling

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates the "Jamie Lea Pearl Act" establishing a regulatory framework for medical needs motor carriers—501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations providing low or no-cost transportation for nonemergency medical appointments including dialysis, cancer treatments, prosthetics, pain management, and physical rehabilitation

  • Requires medical needs motor carriers to use vehicles with no more than two axles, gross vehicle weight rating of 5,000 pounds or less, and capacity for five or fewer occupants including the driver

  • Mandates commercial insurance minimums of $100,000 for death/bodily injury per person, $300,000 per incident, and $100,000 for property damage, along with quarterly vehicle safety inspections

  • Requires drivers to have five-year clean motor vehicle records, federal and state background checks, ten-panel drug testing, and fingerprint cards, with records retained for two years after driver departure; limits drivers to 10 hours of operation per 24-hour period

  • Directs the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to promulgate emergency rules within 60 days of passage; effective date November 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Motor vehicles; creating the Jamie Lea Pearl Act; requiring medical needs motor carriers to have certain tax exempt status; effective date.

Last Action

Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Committee then to Appropriations Committee

4/1/2025

Committee Referrals

Health and Human Services4/1/2025
Public Safety2/4/2025
Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight2/4/2025

Full Bill Text

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