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Read. Follow. Verify.Oklahoma House committee advances bill requiring Turnpike Authority to compensate for property damage
Last action · February 20, 2025: Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Transportation Subcommittee
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What This Bill Proposed
House Bill 1188 advances out of committee, directing the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority to provide specific compensation for property damage caused by turnpikes under an emergency declaration.
Property owners along turnpike routes stand to receive direct financial compensation for physical damages attributed to turnpike operations and maintenance.
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 Turnpike Authority
The authority is newly required to provide specific compensation for property damage caused by turnpikes.
Property owners near turnpikes
Property owners are eligible to receive compensation for property damage caused by turnpikes.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House.
Procedural history
5 actions- Feb 20, 2025HouseFloorRecommendation to the full committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Transportation Subcommittee
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Appropriations and Budget Transportation Subcommittee
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget
- Feb 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative West (Rick)
- Feb 3, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst Reading
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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