OK SB924

Adds a new statutory definition of "claimant" as an individual who has filed for unemployment benefits with the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission

Grants the Commission discretion to modify appeal filing requirements during significant economic situations, instances of potential fraudulent activity, or for individuals who have not completed the claim filing process

Establishes that failure to properly name all required codefendants (Board of Review, Commission, and all other parties) in a petition for judicial review constitutes a jurisdictional defect requiring case dismissal

Broadens information disclosure authority to law enforcement agencies by removing the specific limitation to "state, county, municipal or tribal" agencies, allowing release to any law enforcement agency for criminal investigations and locating missing persons or fugitives

Effective date: November 1, 2025