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OK SB74

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Regina Goodwin

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Appropriates $300,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce for reparations related to the Tulsa Race Massacre of May 31-June 1, 1921

  • Creates the Tulsa Race Massacre Compensation Revolving Fund as a continuing fund to receive appropriations and make payments to survivors and descendants of victims

  • Establishes a 9-member advisory committee including a state Senator and Representative whose districts include the Greenwood District, plus six community-oriented members such as historians, clergy, attorneys, and genealogists

  • Oklahoma Department of Commerce will administer an application program allowing massacre survivors and descendants to apply for and receive compensation payments

  • Effective date of July 1, 2025, with an emergency clause for immediate effect upon passage and approval

Legislative Description

Department of Commerce; making appropriation; providing for implementation of program of compensation related to the Tulsa Race Massacre. Effective date. Emergency.

Last Action

Second Reading referred to Appropriations

2/4/2025

Committee Referrals

Appropriations2/4/2025

Full Bill Text

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