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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
3 HOUSE BILL 3150 By: Menz
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6 AS INTRODUCED
7 An Act relating to state government; amending 74 O.S.
2021, Section 18b, as last amended by Section 2,
8 Chapter 335, O.S.L. 2025 (74 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section
18b), which relates to the duties of the Attorney
9 General; requiring publication of certain costs
related to litigation; prescribing requirements for
10 report; and providing an effective date.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
14 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 18b, as last
15 amended by Section 2, Chapter 335, O.S.L. 2025 (74 O.S. Supp. 2025,
16 Section 18b), is amended to read as follows:
17 Section 18b. A. The duties of the Attorney General as the
18 chief law officer of the state shall be:
19 1. To appear for the state and prosecute and defend all actions
20 and proceedings, civil or criminal, in the Supreme Court and Court
21 of Criminal Appeals in which the state is interested as a party;
22 2. To appear for the state and prosecute and defend all actions
23 and proceedings in any of the federal courts in which the state is
24 interested as a party;
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1 3. To initiate or appear in any action in which the interests
2 of the state or the people of the state are at issue, or to appear
3 at the request of the Governor, the Legislature, or either branch
4 thereof, and prosecute and defend in any court or before any
5 commission, board or officers any cause or proceeding, civil or
6 criminal, in which the state may be a party or interested; and when
7 so appearing in any such cause or proceeding, the Attorney General
8 may, if the Attorney General deems it advisable and to the best
9 interest of the state, take and assume control of the prosecution or
10 defense of the state's interest therein;
11 4. To consult with and advise district attorneys, when
12 requested by them, in all matters pertaining to the duties of their
13 offices, when the district attorneys shall furnish the Attorney
14 General with a written opinion supported by citation of authorities
15 upon the matter submitted;
16 5. To give an opinion in writing upon all questions of law
17 submitted to the Attorney General by the Legislature or either
18 branch thereof, or by any state officer, board, commission or
19 department, provided, that the Attorney General shall not furnish
20 opinions to any but district attorneys, the Legislature or either
21 branch thereof, or any other state official, board, commission or
22 department, and to them only upon matters in which they are
23 officially interested;
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1 6. At the request of the Governor, State Auditor and Inspector,
2 State Treasurer, or either branch of the Legislature, to prosecute
3 any official bond or any contract in which the state is interested,
4 upon a breach thereof, and to prosecute or defend for the state all
5 actions, civil or criminal, relating to any matter connected with
6 either of their Departments;
7 7. Whenever requested by any state officer, board or
8 commission, to prepare proper drafts for contracts, forms and other
9 writing which may be wanted for the use of the state;
10 8. To prepare drafts of bills and resolutions for individual
11 members of the Legislature upon their written request stating the
12 gist of the bill or resolution desired;
13 9. To enforce the proper application of monies appropriated by
14 the Legislature and to prosecute breaches of trust in the
15 administration of such funds;
16 10. To institute actions to recover state monies illegally
17 expended, to recover state property and to prevent the illegal use
18 of any state property, upon the request of the Governor or the
19 Legislature;
20 11. To pay into the State Treasury, immediately upon its
21 receipt, all monies received by the Attorney General belonging to
22 the state;
23 12. To settle, compromise and dispose of an action in which the
24 Attorney General represents the interests of the state, so long as
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1 the consideration negotiated for such settlement, compromise or
2 disposition is payable to the state or one of its agencies which is
3 a named party of the action and any monies, any property or other
4 item of value is paid first to the State Treasury;
5 13. To keep and file copies of all opinions, contracts, forms
6 and letters of the office, and to keep an index of all opinions,
7 contracts and forms according to subject and section of the law
8 construed or applied;
9 14. To keep a register or docket of all actions, demands and
10 investigations prosecuted, defended or conducted by the Attorney
11 General in behalf of the state. The register or docket shall give
12 the style of the case or investigation, where pending, court number,
13 office number, the gist of the matter, result and the names of the
14 assistants who handled the matter;
15 15. To keep a complete office file of all cases and
16 investigations handled by the Attorney General on behalf of the
17 state;
18 16. To report to the Legislature or either branch thereof
19 whenever requested upon any business relating to the duties of the
20 Attorney General's office;
21 17. To institute civil actions against members of any state
22 board or commission for failure of such members to perform their
23 duties as prescribed by the statutes and the Constitution and to
24 prosecute members of any state board or commission for violation of
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1 the criminal laws of this state where such violations have occurred
2 in connection with the performance of such members' official duties;
3 18. To respond to any request for an opinion of the Attorney
4 General's office, submitted by a member of the Legislature,
5 regardless of subject matter, by written opinion determinative of
6 the law regarding such subject matter;
7 19. To convene multicounty grand juries in such manner and for
8 such purposes as provided by law; provided, such grand juries are
9 composed of citizens from each of the counties on a pro rata basis
10 by county;
11 20. To investigate any report by the State Auditor and
12 Inspector filed with the Attorney General pursuant to Section 223 of
13 this title and prosecute all actions, civil or criminal, relating to
14 such reports or any irregularities or derelictions in the management
15 of public funds or property which are violations of the laws of this
16 state;
17 21. To represent and protect the collective interests of all
18 utility consumers of this state in rate-related proceedings before
19 the Corporation Commission or in any other state or federal judicial
20 or administrative proceeding;
21 22. To represent and protect the collective interests of
22 insurance consumers of this state in rate-related proceedings before
23 the Insurance Commissioner or in any other state or federal judicial
24 or administrative proceeding;
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1 23. To investigate and prosecute any criminal action relating
2 to insurance fraud, if in the opinion of the Attorney General a
3 criminal prosecution is warranted, or to refer such matters to the
4 appropriate district attorney;
5 24. To monitor and evaluate any action by the federal
6 government including, but not limited to, executive orders by the
7 President of the United States, rules or regulations promulgated by
8 an agency of the federal government or acts of Congress to determine
9 if such actions are in violation of the Tenth Amendment to the
10 Constitution of the United States;
11 25. To cross-deputize police officers of the police department
12 of any municipality or any officer deputized by the county sheriff
13 or a designee subject to an interlocal governmental agreement with
14 the Attorney General's Office in an effort to combine city, county,
15 and state law enforcement efforts and to encourage cooperation
16 between city, county, and state law enforcement officials.
17 Liability for the conduct of any municipal police officer cross-
18 deputized under the terms and conditions of an interlocal
19 governmental agreement or any officer deputized by the county
20 sheriff under the terms and conditions of an interlocal governmental
21 agreement shall remain the responsibility of the respective employer
22 for that officer;
23 26. To maintain data related to human trafficking and to assist
24 law enforcement, social service agencies, and victim services
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1 programs in identifying and supporting victims of human trafficking;
2 and
3 27. To investigate and prosecute any civil or criminal action
4 relating to violations of the Oklahoma Open Records Act, Section
5 24A.1 et seq. of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or the Oklahoma
6 Open Meeting Act, Section 301 et seq. of Title 25 of the Oklahoma
7 Statutes, if the Attorney General determines that a civil or
8 criminal prosecution is warranted or to defer such matters to a
9 district attorney.
10 B. Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring the
11 Attorney General to appear and defend or prosecute in any court any
12 cause or proceeding for or on behalf of the Oklahoma Tax Commission,
13 the Board of Managers of the State Insurance Fund, or the
14 Commissioners of the Land Office.
15 C. In all appeals from the Corporation Commission to the
16 Supreme Court of Oklahoma in which the state is a party, the
17 Attorney General shall have the right to designate counsel of the
18 Corporation Commission as the Attorney General's legally appointed
19 representative in such appeals, and it shall be the duty of the
20 Corporation Commission counsel to act when so designated and to
21 consult and advise with the Attorney General regarding such appeals
22 prior to taking action therein.
23 D. Not later than November 1, 2026, for the first report and
24 not later than November 1 of each four-year period thereafter, the
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1 Attorney General shall publish a summary of the total costs for the
2 applicable preceding four-year period incurred by the State of
3 Oklahoma in the defense or other representation of the State of
4 Oklahoma with respect to any statute or modification of the Oklahoma
5 Constitution declared unconstitutional by either a federal court of
6 state court and for which there is no further appeal with respect to
7 any such judgement. The analysis of such costs may include an
8 estimate of the value of services performed by attorneys and
9 litigation support personnel if there is no method to determine the
10 actual specific values of such services. With respect to service
11 performed by outside counsel and outside litigation support staff,
12 the publication shall include all such actual costs incurred. The
13 publication shall indicate whether the Attorney General or any other
14 attorney representing the interest of the State of Oklahoma advised
15 any member or committee of the Oklahoma House of Representative or
16 the Oklahoma State Senate regarding the risk of a declaration or
17 judgment of unconstitutionality during the time the measure was
18 being considered by the Legislature, including a copy of any written
19 statement or memorandum provided to such member or to such
20 committee, a plain language summary of the judicial opinion holding
21 the statute or constitutional provision unconstitutional which is
22 capable of being understood by a person of ordinary intelligence,
23 and whether the attorney or attorneys representing the plaintiff or
24 similar adverse party received attorney fees as a result of the
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1 judicial determination of unconstitutionality and to the extent
2 possible, the dollar amount of such fees.
3 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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