All Roll Calls
Yes: 152 • No: 3
OklahomaHB 1027Oklahoma 2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
Retirement; Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System; term; references; purchase price calculation; service credit; leaves of absence; emergency.
Sponsored By: Mike Kelley (Republican)
Became Law
Senate Committee
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
More officers qualify for law enforcement pensions
The law includes three groups in the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System. Active commissioned or CLEET-certified agents qualify when hired by the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office or Military Department beginning July 1, 2024. CLEET-certified police officers at the University of Oklahoma or Oklahoma State University qualify through participation under Section 2-314. Grand River Dam Authority lake patrolmen and dispatchers qualify through participation under Section 2-315.
Officers can buy disability leave pension credit
System members can buy pension service credit for leave caused by duty-related sickness or temporary disability. They must receive temporary total disability benefits under Title 85A and finish buying credit within three years after benefits begin. The price uses actual paid base salary immediately before the illness or disability, minus vacation or sick-leave payments received during it. Members suspended without pay pay the combined employer and member contribution rates, totaling 19%. Other eligible members pay the 8% member rate. Their employer must pay its applicable contribution share within three months after the purchase is completed.
Pension funding and payment rules for officers
Participating employers must contribute 11% of each member’s actual paid base salary to the law enforcement pension fund. Members must contribute 8%; actual paid base salary excludes leave pay and uniform allowances. These contributions support retirement benefits, but the law does not state how the employer rate compares with prior requirements. For payments in calendar years after 2023, the System must account for an additional update to federal retirement distribution rules. That update does not state a specific change to individual payments or taxes.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Mike Kelley
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Jerry Alvord
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/28/2025
THIRD READING
Yes: 41 • No: 2
Senate vote • 4/8/2025
Committee vote: Retirement & Government Resources
Yes: 6 • No: 0
House vote • 3/13/2025
THIRD READING
Yes: 85 • No: 1
House vote • 3/4/2025
DO PASS
Yes: 12 • No: 0
House vote • 2/6/2025
DO PASS
Yes: 8 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/06/2025
5/6/2025HouseSent to Governor
4/29/2025HouseEnrolled measure signed, returned to House
4/29/2025SenateEnrolled, signed, to Senate
4/29/2025HouseReferred for enrollment
4/28/2025HouseEngrossed measure signed, returned to House
4/28/2025SenateMeasure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 2
4/28/2025SenateGeneral Order, Considered
4/28/2025SenatePlaced on General Order
4/10/2025SenateReported Do Pass Retirement and Government Resources committee; CR filed
4/8/2025SenateSecond Reading referred to Retirement and Government Resources
4/1/2025SenateFirst Reading
3/17/2025SenateEngrossed, signed, to Senate
3/17/2025HouseReferred for engrossment
3/13/2025HouseThird Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 1
3/13/2025HouseGeneral Order
3/13/2025HouseAuthored by Senator Alvord (principal Senate author)
3/4/2025HouseCR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
3/4/2025HousePolicy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Civil Judiciary
2/6/2025HouseReferred to Civil Judiciary
2/4/2025HouseSecond Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
2/4/2025HouseAuthored by Representative Kelley
2/3/2025HouseFirst Reading
2/3/2025House
Bill Text
Enrolled (final version)
4/29/2025
Floor (Senate)
4/9/2025
Senate Committee Report
4/8/2025
Engrossed
3/17/2025
Floor (House)
3/10/2025
House Committee Report
3/4/2025
House Policy Committee Report
2/6/2025
Introduced
2/5/2025
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