All Roll Calls
Yes: 94 • No: 14
OklahomaHB 1122Oklahoma 2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
Amusements and sports; State Athletic Commission Act; terms; jurisdiction; licensing; events; penalties; exceptions; testing; effective date.
Sponsored By: Steve Bashore (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Senate Committee
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 3 mixed.
State licensing for combative sports
Beginning Nov 1, 2025, all pro and amateur combative events in Oklahoma must be sanctioned and licensed by the State Athletic Commission. Promoters and participants face administrative or criminal penalties for unlicensed events. The Commission can make rules, set license and permit fees, and stop unsanctioned shows. School‑sponsored student contests, military‑only events, USA Boxing, the International Olympic Committee, and some martial arts instructors are exempt. Updated definitions clarify which events, promoters, officials, and fighters are covered.
Health testing rules for fighters
Beginning Nov 1, 2025, applicants must submit certified lab results from a lab under 42 C.F.R. Part 493 showing they do not have HIV, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C. Tests must be within 365 days before applying. A doctor’s note that you completed the full hepatitis B vaccine can replace the hepatitis B test. A positive result denies a license for that contest. Within 24 hours of an event, a promoter may use a compliant replacement, and the fighter, opponent, a ring official, and the ringside doctor can all sign a written waiver to allow a late test.
Athletic Commission now stand-alone
Beginning Nov 1, 2025, the State Athletic Commission becomes a separate agency. All records, property, funds, and pending matters move to the Commission. Employees who transfer keep their grade, pay, leave, retirement, and longevity. The law creates a revolving fund for fees, fines, reimbursements, bond and sale proceeds, grants, and gifts, and ends the old Professional Boxing fund by moving remaining money. The Health Department provides admin support and can be repaid from the fund up to 10% of last year’s fund revenue, and must pay approved expenses within 15 business days. Commission staff and relatives within the third degree cannot promote or hold a financial interest in regulated events; medical staff may keep medical roles.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Steve Bashore
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Mary B. Boren
Democratic • Senate
Jared Deck
Democratic • House
Ken Luttrell
Republican • House
Darrell Weaver
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/28/2025
THIRD READING
Yes: 0 • No: 8
Senate vote • 4/10/2025
Top_of_Page
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 3/18/2025
Top_of_Page
Yes: 73 • No: 6
House vote • 3/4/2025
DO PASS
Yes: 14 • No: 0
House vote • 2/24/2025
DO PASS
Yes: 7 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor 05/03/2025
5/5/2025HouseSent 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 passed: Ayes: 35 Nays: 8
4/28/2025SenateGeneral Order, Considered
4/28/2025SenateCoauthored by Senator Boren
4/28/2025SenatePlaced on General Order
4/22/2025SenateWithdrawn from Appropriations committee
4/22/2025SenateReferred to Appropriations
4/10/2025SenateReported Do Pass Business and Insurance committee; CR filed
4/10/2025SenateSecond Reading referred to Business and Insurance Committee then to Appropriations Committee
4/1/2025SenateFirst Reading
3/24/2025SenateEngrossed, signed, to Senate
3/24/2025HouseReferred for engrossment
3/18/2025HouseThird Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 73 Nays: 6
3/18/2025HouseAuthored by Senator Weaver (principal Senate author)
3/18/2025HouseCoauthored by Representative(s) Deck
3/18/2025HouseGeneral Order
3/18/2025HouseCR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee
3/4/2025HouseCoauthored by Representative(s) Luttrell
2/25/2025HousePolicy recommendation to the Commerce and Economic Development Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business
2/25/2025HouseReferred to Business
2/4/2025House
Bill Text
Enrolled (final version)
4/29/2025
Floor (Senate)
4/22/2025
Senate Committee Report
4/10/2025
Engrossed
3/21/2025
Floor (House)
3/5/2025
House Committee Report
3/4/2025
House Committee Substitute
3/4/2025
House Policy Committee Report
2/25/2025
Introduced
1/14/2025
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