When we add in the Senate bill filing, we come up with approximately 2,651 new pieces of legislation filed for the 2026 legislative session. As best as I can tell, that is - yet again - another record for even-year sessions, on top of the odd-year record set last year. Odd-numbered years, being the first half of each two-year legislative term, tend to have more measures filed than the second [even-numbered] year of the term; in most cases, unheard bills from the first year of the term can still be acted on in the second.
OKLAHOMA CITY (Jan. 16th) – The Oklahoma House of Representatives completed bill filing Thursday, Jan. 15, for the Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature. A total of 1,578 House Bills and 50 House Joint Resolutions were filed before the deadline.
The full text of the bills, along with additional information including authors and co-authors, may be found online at okhouse.gov.
Last year, the Clerk of the House reported 1,928 House Bills, 29 House Joint Resolutions, three House Resolutions, and two House Concurrent Resolutions were filed before the 2025 deadline. Of those, over 1,600 House measures remain eligible for consideration in the 2026 legislative session. Joint resolutions may be filed at any point during the session.
The House is currently comprised of 80 Republicans and 19 Democrats with two vacancies. The Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature will begin Monday, Feb. 2, at noon with the State of the State address from Gov. Kevin Stitt in the House Chamber.
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