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Read. Follow. Verify.Oklahoma House Bill 1864 modifies sales tax exemptions for veterans and general commercial activities
Last action · March 5, 2025: Authored by Senator Hines (principal Senate author)
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What This Bill Proposed
House Bill 1864 amends Oklahoma sales tax code exemptions related to tangible personal property, veterans, and various commercial sectors, establishing an effective date of November 1, 2025. The measure details specific qualifying thresholds for tax-exempt purchases, business classifications, and surviving spouse provisions. It outlines administrative compliance requirements for vendors and purchasers claiming these exemptions.
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.
Honorably discharged disabled veterans
Eligible individuals receive sales tax exemptions on nonvehicle and vehicle purchases up to specified annual and lifetime dollar limits.
Surviving spouses of veterans
Unremarried surviving spouses are eligible for an annual sales tax exemption limit of up to $1,000.
Oklahoma Tax Commission
The Commission is responsible for promulgating implementation rules, issuing exemption cards, reviewing affidavits, and recovering excess tax liabilities.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What purchase limits apply to disabled veterans under the proposed sales tax exemption?
Are surviving spouses eligible for sales tax exemptions under this bill?
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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
8 actions- Mar 5, 2025HouseAuthored by Senator Hines (principal Senate author)
- Mar 5, 2025HouseTitle stricken
- Mar 5, 2025HouseFloorCR; Do Pass, as amended, Appropriations and Budget Committee
- Feb 24, 2025HouseFloorRecommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Finance Subcommittee
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Appropriations and Budget Finance Subcommittee
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget
Show 2 earlier actions
- Feb 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Roberts
- Feb 3, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst Reading
Version history
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Sources
www.oklegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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