Oklahoma HB 4492: State government; state-owned or state-leased motor vehicles; Corporation Commission; central office; effective date.

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

HOUSE BILL 4492 By: Townley

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to state government; amending 47 O.S.
2021, Section 156.1, as last amended by Section 55,
Chapter 452, O.S.L. 2024 (47 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section
156.1), which relates to use of state-owned or state-
leased motor vehicles; permitting Corporation
Commissioners, division heads, emergency responders,
and field inspectors not stationed at central office
to use a state-owned or state-leased vehicle; and
providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 156.1, as
last amended by Section 55, Chapter 452, O.S.L. 2024 (47 O.S. Supp.
2025, Section 156.1), is amended to read as follows:
Section 156.1. A. It shall be unlawful for any state official,
officer or employee, except any essential employees approved by the
Governor and those officers or employees authorized in subsection B
of this section, to ride to or from the place of residence of the
employee in a state-owned or state-leased automobile, truck, or
pickup, except in the performance of the official duty of the
employee, or to use or permit the use of any such automobile, truck,

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ambulance, or pickup for other personal or private purposes. Any
person convicted of violating the provisions of this section shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not
more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment in the
county jail for a period to not exceed thirty (30) days, or by both
said such fine and imprisonment, and in addition thereto, shall be
discharged from state employment.
B. 1. Any state employee, other than the individuals provided
for in paragraph 2 of this subsection and any employee of the
Department of Public Safety who is a wrecker inspector or auditor of
the Wrecker Services Division as provided for in paragraph 3 of this
subsection, who receives emergency telephone calls regularly at the
residence of the employee when the employee is not on duty and is
regularly called upon to use a vehicle after normal work hours in
response to such emergency calls, may be permitted to use a vehicle
belonging to the state to provide transportation between the
residence of the employee and the assigned place of employment,
provided such distance does not exceed seventy-five (75) miles in
any round trip or is within the county where the assigned place of
employment is located. Provided further, an employee may be
permitted to use a state-owned or state-leased vehicle to provide
temporary transportation between a specific work location other than
the assigned place of employment and the residence of the employee,
if such use shall result in a monetary saving to the agency, and

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such authorization shall not be subject to the distance or area
restrictions provided for in this paragraph. Authorization for
temporary use of a state-owned or state-leased vehicle for a
specific project shall be in writing stating the justification for
this use and the saving expected to result. Such authorization
shall be valid for not to exceed sixty (60) days. Any state entity
other than law enforcement that avails itself of this provision
shall keep a monthly record of all participating employees, the
number of emergency calls received and the number of times that a
state vehicle was used in the performance of such emergency calls.
2. Any employee of the Department of Public Safety, Oklahoma
Department of Corrections, Office of the Attorney General, Oklahoma
State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, Oklahoma
State Bureau of Investigation, Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement
Commission, Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission, Oklahoma Department of
Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, Office of the Inspector General
within the Department of Human Services or Office of the State Fire
Marshal, who is a law enforcement officer or criminalist, Public
Information officer public information officer, Special Investigator
special investigator or Assistant Director assistant director of the
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the Executive Director of
CLEET, CLEET-certified Investigator investigator for a state board
or any employee of a district attorney who is a law enforcement
officer, may be permitted to use a state-owned or state-leased

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vehicle to provide transportation between the residence of the
employee and the assigned place of employment and between the
residence and any location other than the assigned place of
employment to which the employee travels in the performance of the
official duty of the employee.
3. Any emplo