{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-75-75-308v2","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 75, § 75-308v2","heading":"Review of proposed rules by Legislature - Approval or","body":"disapproval.\n\nA. Upon receipt of any proposed permanent rules, the Speaker of\n\nthe House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the\n\nSenate shall assign such rules to the appropriate committees of each\n\nhouse of the Legislature for review. Except as otherwise provided\n\nby this section:\n\n1. If such rules are received on or before April 1, the\n\nLegislature shall have until the last day of the regular legislative\n\nsession of that year to review such rules. Provided, proposed\n\npermanent rules for consideration by the 2nd Session of the 59th\n\nLegislature shall be submitted on or before March 1. For each\n\nlegislative session thereafter, proposed permanent rules shall be\n\nsubmitted on or before February 1 of the given year; and\n\n2. If such rules are received after the date established\n\npursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection, the Legislature shall\n\nhave until the last day of the regular legislative session of the\n\nnext year to act on such rules.\n\nB. By the adoption of joint resolutions during the review\n\nperiod specified in subsection A of this section, the Legislature\n\nmay disapprove or approve any rule and disapprove all or part of a\n\nrule or rules. Any rules not acted upon by the adoption of a joint\n\nresolution shall be deemed disapproved.\n\nC. Unless otherwise authorized by the Legislature, whenever a\n\nrule is disapproved as provided in subsection B of this section, the\n\nagency adopting such rules shall not have authority to resubmit an\n\nidentical rule, except during the first sixty (60) calendar days of\n\nthe next regular legislative session. Any effective emergency rule\n\nwhich would have been superseded by a disapproved permanent rule\n\nshall be deemed null and void on the date the Legislature\n\ndisapproves the permanent rule. Rules may be disapproved in part or\n\nin whole by the Legislature. Upon enactment of any joint resolution\n\ndisapproving a rule, the agency shall file notice of such\n\nlegislative disapproval with the Secretary for publication in “The\n\nOklahoma Register”.\n\nD. Unless otherwise provided by specific vote of the\n\nLegislature, joint resolutions introduced for purposes of\n\ndisapproving or approving a rule shall not be subject to regular\n\nlegislative cutoff dates, shall be limited to such provisions as may\n\nbe necessary for disapproval or approval of a rule, and any such\n\nother direction or mandate regarding the rule deemed necessary by\n\nthe Legislature. The resolution shall contain no other provisions.\n\nE. A proposed permanent rule shall only be deemed finally\n\nadopted if:\n\n1. Approved by a joint resolution pursuant to subsection B of\n\nthis section, provided that any such resolution becomes law in\n\naccordance with Section 11 of Article VI of the Oklahoma\n\nConstitution; or\n\n2. Disapproved by a joint resolution pursuant to subsection B\n\nof this section which has been vetoed by the Governor in accordance\n\nwith Section 11 of Article VI of the Oklahoma Constitution and the\n\nveto has not been overridden.\n\nF. Prior to final adoption of a rule, an agency may withdraw a\n\nrule from legislative review. Notice of such withdrawal shall be\n\ngiven to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives,\n\nthe President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and to the Secretary for\n\npublication in “The Oklahoma Register”.\n\nG. An agency may promulgate an emergency rule only pursuant to\n\nSection 253 of this title.\n\nH. Any rights, privileges, or interests gained by any person by\n\noperation of an emergency rule, shall not be affected by reason of\n\nany subsequent disapproval or rejection of such rule by either house\n\nof the Legislature.","path":["OK Code","Title 75"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os75.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"fb976e7e2c9b31af369a5784907e3d17fc92345aa090d008d91ea55ad758a5e3","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-75-75-308v1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-75-75-309"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}