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OK HJR1074

Joint Resolution

Status

Introduced

2/2/2026

Primary Sponsor

Eric Roberts

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Proposes a constitutional amendment (Article X, Section 44) to create the Oklahoma Veterans Lottery Trust Fund, funded by proceeds from the Oklahoma Veterans Lottery game

  • Restricts fund expenditures to four purposes: grants to congressionally chartered veterans service organizations, emergency grants to veterans/widows/caretakers registered with the Oklahoma Veterans Registry, indigent veteran funeral funding, and veteran outreach programs with greater than 50% veteran attendance

  • Establishes a nine-member Board of Governors to administer the fund, with representatives from Disabled American Veterans, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Paralyzed Veterans of America, National Guard/Air National Guard, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, and two appointees from the Oklahoma Veterans Council

  • Prohibits the Legislature from using trust fund monies to supplant or replace existing state funding for military, veterans, or their families

  • Requires the State Board of Equalization to conduct annual reviews in February and, if supplanting is found, blocks all legislative appropriations until the supplanted amount is replenished to the trust fund

Legislative Description

Constitution; Oklahoma Veterans Lottery Trust Fund; funding; Oklahoma Veterans Trust Fund Board of Governors; membership; appropriation; ballot title; filing.

Last Action

CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules Committee

2/11/2026

Committee Referrals

Rules2/3/2026

Full Bill Text

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