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OK SB1074
Bill
Status
3/31/2025
Primary Sponsor
Casey Murdock
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AI Summary
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Creates a new "commercial harvesting facility" license administered by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry for premises engaged in commercial hunting/harvesting of privately owned cervidae (deer, elk), cervidae hybrids, turkey, and exotic species
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Sets the annual license fee at $300, with licenses expiring August 31 each year; applicants must prove animals were secured from sources other than wild stock in Oklahoma
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Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, State Veterinarian, or designees to inspect facilities upon probable cause of violations of the Oklahoma Farmed Cervidae Act
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Transfers regulation of big game commercial hunting operations from the Department of Wildlife Conservation to the Department of Agriculture, while upland game licenses ($100 annually) remain with Wildlife Conservation
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Effective date of July 1, 2025, with emergency clause for immediate effect upon passage and approval
Legislative Description
Oklahoma Farmed Cervidae Act; creating a commercial harvesting facility license. Effective date. Emergency.
Last Action
Remove Representative Strom as principal House author and substitute with Representative Archer
2/16/2026