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Read. Follow. Verify.Oklahoma Department of Transportation required to establish invasive woody species removal program
Last action · May 30, 2025: Died in conferenceSponsors: Carl Newton and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation is required to establish and implement a program for identifying, removing, and managing along its starting November 1, 2025.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Oklahoma Department of Transportation
ODOT must establish and implement the identification, removal, and management program for invasive woody species within its rights-of-way.
Adjoining landowners
Key Facts
- The Oklahoma Department of Transportation must establish a program to identify, remove, and manage invasive woody species on its rights-of-way.
- Invasive woody species are defined as trees or shrubs rapidly encroaching into adjoining lands that cause harm to the environment or economy, explicitly including Eastern Redcedar, Rocky Mountain juniper, oneseed juniper, and salt cedar.
- The eradication program must include surveys, a prioritized eradication plan, best management practices that minimize harm to native vegetation and soil erosion, monitoring, and agency collaboration.
- The act becomes effective on November 1, 2025.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died on the House floor.
Procedural history
34 actions- May 30, 2025HouseDied in conference
- May 15, 2025SenateConference granted, GCCA
- May 15, 2025HouseHC's named: GCCA
- May 14, 2025HouseSA's rejected, conference requested, conferees to be named later
- May 8, 2025HouseSA's received
- May 8, 2025SenateEngrossed to House
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- May 7, 2025SenateCommitteeReferred for engrossment
- May 7, 2025SenateFloorMeasure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0
- May 7, 2025SenateGeneral Order, Considered
- Apr 28, 2025SenatePlaced on General Order
- Apr 23, 2025SenateFloorReported Do Pass Appropriations committee; CR filed
- Apr 7, 2025SenateCommitteeReferred to Appropriations
- Apr 7, 2025SenateEnacting clause stricken
- Apr 7, 2025SenateFloorReported Do Pass as amended Aeronautics and Transportation committee; CR filed
- Apr 1, 2025SenateCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Aeronautics and Transportation Committee then to Appropriations Committee
- Mar 18, 2025SenateIntroducedFirst Reading
- Mar 18, 2025HouseEngrossed, signed, to Senate
- Mar 17, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred for engrossment
- Mar 17, 2025HouseFloorThird Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 0
- Mar 17, 2025HouseTitle stricken
- Mar 17, 2025HouseAmended
- Mar 17, 2025HouseCoauthored by Representative(s) Archer
- Mar 17, 2025HouseGeneral Order
- Mar 6, 2025HouseAuthored by Senator Murdock (principal Senate author)
- Mar 6, 2025HouseCoauthored by Representative(s) Newton
- Mar 6, 2025HouseFloorCR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee
- Feb 17, 2025HouseFloorRecommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Transportation Subcommittee
- Feb 7, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Appropriations and Budget Transportation Subcommittee
- Feb 5, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Appropriations and Budget
- Feb 5, 2025HouseCommitteeWithdrawn from Rules Committee
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Rules
- Feb 3, 2025HouseRemove Representative Newton as principal House author and substitute with Representative Wilk
- Feb 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Newton
- Feb 3, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst Reading
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Mandatory Invasive Species Management
The legislation formalizes a statutory requirement for roadside vegetation management targeting specific ecological nuisances.
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Sources
www.oklegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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