All Roll Calls
Yes: 161 • No: 0
OklahomaSB 216Oklahoma 2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
Driver licenses; extension of certain driver license; requiring mailing of driver license to certain individual. Effective date.
Sponsored By: Micheal Bergstrom (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Senate Committee
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 3 mixed.
ID and license help after release
Beginning July 1, 2026, the Department of Corrections helps inmates who plan to live in Oklahoma get ID and job papers before release. At least nine months before release, DOC gathers obtainable records like a birth certificate, Social Security card, training and work history, a resume, and proof of a practice interview. If you lack state ID, DOC and Service Oklahoma arrange a REAL ID Noncompliant ID. If your Oklahoma license expired while you were imprisoned in the last three years, it now stays valid for six months after release, and Service Oklahoma mails a replacement to the address you give. Agencies must share data and set rules to run this program, and DOC may use inmate trust funds, existing DOC funds, and donations to cover costs.
One reinstatement fee and other costs
Beginning July 1, 2026, Service Oklahoma charges one $25 reinstatement fee per person when you restore driving privileges, even if you had multiple suspensions. You still owe processing fees per suspension: $25 for standard cases; $75 for certain listed suspensions plus a $200 trauma-care assessment for each of those; and $15 for some arrest-based suspensions. The $200 assessment goes to the Trauma Care Assistance Revolving Fund. Service Oklahoma must tell you within three days after reinstatement to apply for a new physical license.
Provisional licenses with payment plans
Beginning July 1, 2026, some people with suspended or revoked licenses can get a provisional license. You may drive 6:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m., and overnight only for listed needs like work, school, child care, medical care, worship, or court-ordered treatment. You must pay at least $5 per month on a payment plan; nonpayment can suspend the provisional license. Outstanding fines and fees do not block eligibility if you enroll in the plan. People with certain serious convictions (in Section 6-205 A, paragraphs 1, 4, or 8) are not eligible. If your suspended license has not expired, you do not have to retake the driving test. DOC must give inmates the papers needed to apply before release.
Where reinstatement fee money goes
Beginning July 1, 2026, the first $250,000 collected each month under these reinstatement and processing fees is distributed as set in Section 1104. Any amount over $250,000 each month goes to the state’s General Revenue Fund. This changes how the state splits these collections and does not change what drivers owe.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Micheal Bergstrom
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Nicole Miller
Republican • House
Danny Williams
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/6/2025
THIRD READING
Yes: 92 • No: 0
House vote • 4/17/2025
DO PASS
Yes: 12 • No: 0
House vote • 4/9/2025
DO PASS
Yes: 7 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/4/2025
THIRD READING
Yes: 44 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/19/2025
Committee vote: Public Safety
Yes: 6 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor 05/13/2025
5/13/2025SenateSent to Governor
5/7/2025SenateSigned, returned to Senate
5/7/2025HouseEnrolled, to House
5/7/2025SenateReferred for enrollment
5/6/2025SenateSigned, returned to Senate
5/6/2025HouseThird Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0
5/6/2025HouseCoauthored by Representative(s) Williams
5/6/2025HouseGeneral Order
5/6/2025HouseCR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
4/17/2025HousePolicy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Public Safety
4/9/2025HouseReferred to Public Safety
4/1/2025HouseSecond Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
4/1/2025HouseFirst Reading
3/5/2025HouseEngrossed to House
3/5/2025SenateReferred for engrossment
3/4/2025SenateMeasure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0
3/4/2025SenateGeneral Order, Considered
3/4/2025SenateCoauthored by Representative Miller (principal House author)
2/26/2025SenatePlaced on General Order
2/24/2025SenateEmergency removed
2/19/2025SenateReported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety committee; CR filed
2/19/2025SenateSecond Reading referred to Public Safety
2/4/2025SenateAuthored by Senator Bergstrom
2/3/2025SenateFirst Reading
2/3/2025Senate
Bill Text
Enrolled (final version)
5/7/2025
Floor (House)
4/21/2025
House Committee Report
4/17/2025
House Policy Committee Report
4/9/2025
Engrossed
3/5/2025
Floor (Senate)
2/20/2025
Committee Substitute
2/19/2025
Senate Committee Report
2/19/2025
Introduced
12/30/2024
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