Official Oklahoma Session Laws Help

Navigating Within the Official Oklahoma Session Laws Site

The Official Oklahoma Session Laws site includes the current year’s enacted Legislation. The content included at this site is listed on the Official Oklahoma Session Laws home page. Just select a link to view a list of relevant documents.

You can also search for session laws.

Click Home at the top of any page to return to the Official Oklahoma Session Laws home page at any time.

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Searching Official Oklahoma Session Laws

You can search for Official Oklahoma Session Laws using the Natural Language search method. Natural Language allows you to retrieve relevant documents by typing a description in plain English. To search using Natural Language, complete the following steps:

  1. Click Search at the top of any page. The Search page is displayed.

  2. Type a description of the session law in the Natural Language Description text box. For example, to retrieve legislation pertaining to public lands, type the following description:

    Public lands

    You can also search for a specific session law or resolution number. For example, if you are looking for Chapter 8, House Bill 3870, type any of the following:

    “OK LEGIS 8”

    “Chapter 8”

    “HB 3870”

  3. Click Search next to the Natural Language Description text box to run your search.

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Browsing Documents

Citations List
When you are viewing a search result, the citations list is shown first. Click the number preceding a citation to view that document's full text. To return to the search results, click Search results at the bottom of the page.

To see the next 20 documents that match the concepts in your description, click the right arrow at the bottom of the citations list.

Browsing by Search Terms
In a search result, you can click the right or left Term arrow to move to the next or previous occurrence of your search terms in the displayed document.

Browsing by Document
In a search result, you can click the right or left Document arrow to move to the next or previous document in your search result.

Documents in Sequence
You can use Documents in Sequence to view consecutive documents even if they were not retrieved by your search.

For example, if you retrieve OK LEGIS 25, click Documents in Sequence to view OK LEGIS 26. Click the Prev and Next arrows located at the bottom of the document to view other consecutive documents. To cancel Documents in Sequence and return to the document you were viewing, click Cancel.

Currentness Information
At the top of each document, it will indicate the current session information, for example, “Fifty-Seventh Legislature, 2020 Second Regular Session”.

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Other Oklahoma Legal Products

For the Official Oklahoma Statutes and Constitution, click here.

Information on other Oklahoma legal products is available at the Thomson Reuters site.

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