THAT the First Regular Session of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature shall adhere to the following procedure schedule:

1. The First Regular Session of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature shall convene at 12:00 noon on January 3, 2023, for the purposes only of performing the duties set forth in Section 5 of Article VI of the Oklahoma Constitution and organizing pursuant to the provisions of Article V of the Oklahoma Constitution, and shall recess no later than 5:00 p.m. on that same day until February 6, 2023, beginning at 12:00 noon.

2. December 9, 2022, shall be the final date for requesting the drafting of bills and joint resolutions in the Senate and House of Representatives for introduction for consideration during the First Regular Session.

3. January 19, 2023, no later than 4:00 p.m., shall be the deadline for introduction of bills and joint resolutions in the Senate and House of Representatives for consideration on the floor of the Senate or House during the First Regular Session. Bills and joint resolutions subsequently introduced, if reported from Committee, shall not be placed on the Calendar for consideration in said house until the first legislative day of the Second Session.

4. March 23, 2023, shall be the final legislative day for third reading and final passage of a bill or joint resolution in the house of origin.

5. April 27, 2023, shall be the final legislative day for third reading and final passage of a bill or joint resolution in the house opposite the house of origin.

6. The First Regular Session shall adjourn sine die not later than 5:00 p.m. on May 26, 2023.

7. Upon a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the membership of or pursuant to joint rules adopted by both chambers, a bill or joint resolution can be exempt from all deadline dates in both chambers. Upon a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the membership of or pursuant to rules adopted by a single chamber, a bill or joint resolution can be exempt from all deadline dates in that chamber only.

THAT the Second Regular Session of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature shall adhere to the following procedure schedule:

1. December 8, 2023, shall be the final date for requesting the drafting of bills and joint resolutions in the Senate and House of Representatives for introduction for consideration during the Second Regular Session.

2. January 18, 2024, no later than 4:00 p.m., shall be the deadline for introduction of bills and joint resolutions in the Senate and House of Representatives for consideration on the floor of the Senate or House during the Second Regular Session.

3. The Second Regular Session of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature shall convene at 12:00 noon on February 5, 2024.

4. March 21, 2024, shall be the final legislative day for third reading and final passage of a bill or joint resolution in the house of origin.

5. April 25, 2024, shall be the final legislative day for third reading and final passage of a bill or joint resolution in the house opposite the house of origin.

6. The Second Regular Session shall adjourn sine die not later than 5:00 p.m. on May 31, 2024.

7. Upon a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the membership of or pursuant to joint rules adopted by both chambers, a bill or joint resolution can be exempt from all deadline dates in both chambers. Upon a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the membership of or pursuant to rules adopted by a single chamber, a bill or joint resolution can be exempt from all deadline dates in that chamber only.

THAT this schedule shall be inapplicable to any joint resolution introduced for the purpose of disapproving or approving agency rules pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act.

THAT this schedule shall be inapplicable to any bills introduced for the purposes of incorporation and merging different versions of a statute amended in more than one measure at the same or different sessions of the Legislature as set form in Section 23.1 of Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

THAT this schedule shall be inapplicable to any bill or joint resolution introduced for the purposes of approving, disapproving, repealing or modifying rules of the Ethics Commission pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of Article XXIX of the Oklahoma Constitution.

THAT this schedule shall be inapplicable to any bill or joint resolution which proposes a special or local law and for which notice of intended introduction is published in a newspaper for four (4) consecutive weeks pursuant to the provisions of Section 32 of Article V of the Oklahoma Constitution.

THAT the dates specified in this resolution for introduction of bills or joint resolutions shall be inapplicable to any bill or joint resolution which contains an “RB” number pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Pension Legislation Actuarial Analysis Act. Such measures shall be submitted to the legislative actuary not later than such dates and may be introduced not later than the first Monday in February following such submission.

THAT this schedule shall be inapplicable to any bill or joint resolution authored by the chairs and vice-chairs of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the House Appropriations and Budget Committee which affects the receipt, expenditure, or budgeting of state funds or funds under the control of an entity created by state law.

THAT this schedule shall be inapplicable to any bill or joint resolution authored by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives which is deemed by them to be necessary for the preservation of public peace, health or safety.