All Roll Calls
Yes: 377 • No: 59
OklahomaSB 951Oklahoma 2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
Commissioners of the Land Office; granting of commercial and agricultural leases; providing for appraisal of certain improvements; directing certain reimbursement. Effective date.
Sponsored By: Casey Murdock (Republican)
Became Law
Senate Committee
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6 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 4 costs, 1 mixed.
Commercial tenants surrender permanent trust-land improvements
Beginning November 1, 2025, permanent improvements on commercial trust land go to the trust when the lease ends. This covers improvements made on or after July 1, 1989. Commercial tenants cannot keep those improvements at lease end.
Payment and credit checks for lease applicants
Beginning November 1, 2025, the Oklahoma Land Office commissioners can reject commercial, farm, or mineral lease bids or contracts. They can reject parties behind on an installment payment or violating a prior or current lease. They can also reject bids or lease contracts when applicants cannot show adequate creditworthiness, as judged by the Land Office. The law sets no specific credit score.
Term and price limits for trust-land leases
Beginning November 1, 2025, Oklahoma’s Commissioners of the Land Office can grant commercial and farm leases on trust land. Commercial leases last no more than 55 years, and those exceeding 3 years require public bidding at fair market value or higher. All commercial leases must provide fair market value throughout their term. Farm leases last no more than 5 years and require public bidding at fair market value or higher. Grants below fair market value or against these requirements are void; the Land Office must issue rules to carry out the law.
Taxes and financial duties for trust-land tenants
Beginning November 1, 2025, Oklahoma’s Land Office must require property-tax payments for qualifying improvements under commercial and farm leases. This covers improvements and structures on state school land that would be taxable on private land. These leases must also protect the commissioners from financial obligations tied to the land, financing, or operations. Oklahoma constitutional and legal exemptions apply to both requirements.
New farm tenants pay for approved improvements
Beginning November 1, 2025, new agricultural trust-land leases must require new tenants to pay former tenants for qualifying improvements. The former tenant must have made the improvements with approval from Oklahoma’s Land Office commissioners. The improvements must be impossible to remove without serious harm to the land. An appraiser chosen by the commissioners sets their value. Payment is due by the date occupancy is allowed; failure to pay is a default under the new lease.
Farm tenants protected from extra irrigation fees
Beginning November 1, 2025, agricultural trust-land tenants cannot face irrigation fees above those included in their originally accepted bid. This protection applies when the water comes from land not owned or managed by Oklahoma’s Land Office commissioners.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Casey Murdock
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Archer
Affiliation unavailable
Burns
Affiliation unavailable
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/29/2025
OVERRIDE
Yes: 70 • No: 11
Senate vote • 5/29/2025
OVERRIDE
Yes: 46 • No: 1
Senate vote • 5/22/2025
FOURTH READING
Yes: 45 • No: 1
House vote • 5/22/2025
FOURTH READING
Yes: 60 • No: 20
House vote • 4/22/2025
THIRD READING
Yes: 68 • No: 18
House vote • 4/15/2025
DO PASS
Yes: 26 • No: 3
House vote • 4/7/2025
DO PASS
Yes: 8 • No: 2
Senate vote • 3/26/2025
THIRD READING
Yes: 43 • No: 3
Senate vote • 3/4/2025
THE OKLAHOMA
Yes: 11 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Filed with Secretary of State
5/29/2025SenateTo Senate
5/29/2025HouseVeto overridden: Ayes: 70 Nays: 11
5/29/2025HouseVeto override message received
5/29/2025HouseMeasure sent to House
5/29/2025SenateVeto overridden: Ayes: 46 Nays: 1
5/29/2025SenateVetoed 05/28/2025
5/28/2025SenateSent to Governor
5/22/2025SenateSigned, returned to Senate
5/22/2025HouseEnrolled, to House
5/22/2025SenateReferred for enrollment
5/22/2025SenateTo Senate
5/22/2025HouseFourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 60 Nays: 20
5/22/2025HouseCCR adopted
5/22/2025HouseCCR submitted
5/22/2025HouseMeasure passed, to House: Ayes: 45 Nays: 1
5/22/2025SenateCCR adopted
5/22/2025SenateEnacting clause restored
5/21/2025SenateTitle restored
5/21/2025SenateCCR read
5/21/2025SenateConference granted, naming GCCA
5/15/2025HouseSCs named Murdock, Pugh, Seifried, Rader, Sacchieri, Dossett
5/12/2025SenateHAs rejected, conference requested
5/6/2025SenateHAs read
4/23/2025SenateEngrossed, signed, to Senate
4/23/2025House
Bill Text
Enrolled (final version)
5/22/2025
Senate Conference Committee Report
5/21/2025
Scheduled House CCR 1(A)
5/19/2025
Amended And Engrossed
4/23/2025
Floor (House)
4/17/2025
House Committee Report
4/16/2025
House Committee Report
4/7/2025
Engrossed
3/27/2025
Floor (Senate)
3/5/2025
Committee Substitute
3/4/2025
Senate Committee Report
3/4/2025
Introduced
1/16/2025
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