All Roll Calls
Yes: 250 • No: 18
OklahomaHB 2011Oklahoma 2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
Tax credits; Fighting Chance for Firefighters Act; income tax credit for certain unreimbursed medical costs incurred by firefighters; limitation; effective date.
Sponsored By: Daniel Pae (Republican)
Became Law
Senate Committee
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Firefighters get cancer-screening tax credits with limits
The law takes effect November 1, 2025, and provides an Oklahoma income tax credit starting with tax year 2026. Firefighters qualify if trained or certified to prevent and control fires in residential buildings, commercial buildings, and wildlands. The credit covers cancer-detection procedures the firefighter paid for, to the extent insurance did not cover the cost. Those costs must also be money the firefighter cannot recover. Covered cancers include lung, prostate, testicular, skin, colon, breast, and other cancers deemed more common among firefighters. The annual credit equals eligible costs, up to $250, but cannot reduce income tax owed below zero. Unused credit carries forward, in order, through the next five tax years. Starting in tax year 2028, a $1.5 million statewide annual limit can reduce credits. The Oklahoma Tax Commission publishes the adjustment percentage by January 1 of each affected year. It calculates that percentage by dividing $1.5 million by credits claimed two years earlier. If credits exceed $1.5 million in a calendar year, the commission allows the excess but factors it into the next year's adjustment.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Daniel Pae
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Avery Frix
Republican • Senate
Emily Gise
Republican • House
Gerrid Kendrix
Republican • House
Spencer Kern
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/15/2025
FOURTH READING
Yes: 80 • No: 2
Senate vote • 5/8/2025
THIRD READING
Yes: 33 • No: 11
Senate vote • 4/17/2025
Committee vote: Business & Insurance
Yes: 8 • No: 0
House vote • 3/10/2025
THIRD READING
Yes: 87 • No: 5
House vote • 2/25/2025
DO PASS
Yes: 33 • No: 0
House vote • 2/10/2025
DO PASS
Yes: 9 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/25/2025
5/27/2025HouseSent to Governor
5/19/2025HouseEnrolled measure signed, returned to House
5/19/2025SenateEnrolled, signed, to Senate
5/19/2025HouseReferred for enrollment
5/15/2025HouseFourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 2
5/15/2025HouseSA's read, adopted
5/15/2025HouseSA's received
5/12/2025HouseEngrossed to House
5/12/2025SenateReferred for engrossment
5/8/2025SenateMeasure passed: Ayes: 33 Nays: 11
5/8/2025SenateGeneral Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
5/8/2025SenateCoauthored by Senator Kern
5/8/2025SenatePlaced on General Order
4/22/2025SenateReported Do Pass Business and Insurance committee; CR filed
4/17/2025SenateSecond Reading referred to Business and Insurance
4/1/2025SenateCoauthored by Representative Kendrix
3/11/2025SenateFirst Reading
3/11/2025SenateEngrossed, signed, to Senate
3/11/2025HouseReferred for engrossment
3/10/2025HouseThird Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 5
3/10/2025HouseCoauthored by Representative(s) Gise
3/10/2025HouseGeneral Order
3/10/2025HouseAuthored by Senator Frix (principal Senate author)
2/27/2025HouseCR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee
2/27/2025House
Bill Text
Enrolled (final version)
5/19/2025
Amended And Engrossed
5/12/2025
Floor (Senate)
4/21/2025
Senate Committee Report
4/17/2025
Engrossed
3/11/2025
Floor (House)
3/2/2025
House Committee Report
2/27/2025
House Committee Substitute
2/27/2025
House Committee Report
2/11/2025
Introduced
1/16/2025
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