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Read. Follow. Verify.Oklahoma creates clothing allowance grants and revolving fund for rural volunteer firefighters
Last action · February 4, 2025: Referred to Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources Subcommittee
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What This Bill Proposed
House Bill 1078 establishes the Rural Volunteer Firefighter Clothing Allowance Grants Act, creating a dedicated to provide financial grants for volunteer firefighters who meet specific service and training thresholds starting November 1, 2025.
Rural volunteer firefighters who complete at least one year of service, attend 75% of department responses, and complete 24 annual training hours become eligible to receive financial clothing allowances through grants administered by state agricultural and forestry boards.
- Rural volunteer fire departments across Oklahoma frequently rely on community donations and municipal support, facing challenges with equipment costs and volunteer recruitment. context
- The Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture oversees agricultural and forestry services within the state, which includes forestry wildfire protection responsibilities. context
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.
Rural volunteer firefighters
Volunteer firefighters who meet service and training thresholds are eligible to apply for and receive financial clothing allowance grants.
Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture
The Board is tasked with developing disbursement procedures, maintaining oversight, handling appeals, and suspending allocations for noncompliance.
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry
The Department manages the revolving fund, provides administrative support, and promulgates implementation rules approved by the Board.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources Subcommittee
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget
- Feb 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Smith
- Feb 3, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst Reading
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Establishment of Dedicated Rural Firefighter Support Fund
The legislation creates a new dedicated revolving fund in the State Treasury managed through agricultural oversight boards specifically to offset gear and clothing costs for rural volunteers.
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Sources
www.oklegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz35Current news / social attention level
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