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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 1945 By: Standridge
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to eminent domain; amending 27 O.S.
7 2021, Section 18, as amended by Section 1, Chapter
8 197, O.S.L. 2024 (27 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 18),
8 which relates to the Landowner's Bill of Rights;
9 requiring acquiring agency to provide certain
9 statement to property owner; modifying certain notice
10 requirements; requiring certain review and update;
10 and providing an effective date.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 27 O.S. 2021, Section 18, as
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15 amended by Section 1, Chapter 197, O.S.L. 2024 (27 O.S. Supp. 2025,
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16 Section 18), is amended to read as follows:
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17 Section 18. A. The Attorney General shall prepare a written
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18 statement that includes a "Landowner's Bill of Rights" for a
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19 property owner whose real property may be acquired by a person,
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20 acquiring agency, or other entity through the use of the entity's
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21 eminent domain authority under this title or Title 66 of the
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22 Oklahoma Statutes. The statement shall be made available to the
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23 public and written in plain language designed to be easily
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24 understood by the average property owner. Such statement shall be
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1 provided to a property owner by the acquiring agency or other entity
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2 at the initiation of the sale.
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3 B. The Landowner's Bill of Rights shall notify each property
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4 owner of the right to:
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5 1. Notice of the proposed acquisition of the owner's property;
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6 2. A bona fide good-faith effort to negotiate by the entity
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7 proposing to acquire the property. A bona fide good-faith effort to
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8 negotiate shall include the acquiring entity providing the property
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9 owner with any appraisal or damage assessment relied upon by such
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10 entity;
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11 3. An assessment of damages to the owner that will result from
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12 the taking of the property;
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13 4. A hearing under this title, including a hearing on the
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14 assessment of damages;
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15 5. An appeal of a judgment in a condemnation proceeding,
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16 including an appeal of an assessment of damages; and
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17 6. First refusal or right of first offer if the acquired land
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18 is ever sold by the state or any state agency or any person who
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19 acquired the land through the use of eminent domain authority. If
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20 the landowner chooses to exercise this right, the price would be the
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21 lower of either the current market value or the price received by
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22 the landowner under the eminent domain sale. This right shall be
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23 available to the landowner in the original eminent domain sale and
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24 to the first generation of heirs.
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1 However, acquired land may be transferred to another state
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2 agency without prompting the first refusal or right of first refusal
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3 as provided in this paragraph.
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4 C. The statement shall include:
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5 1. The title "Landowner's Bill of Rights"; and
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6 2. A description of:
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7 a. the condemnation procedures provided by this title,
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8 b. the condemning entity's obligations to the property
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9 owner,
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10 c. the property owner's options during a condemnation,
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11 including the property owner's right to object to and
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12 appeal an amount of damages awarded, and
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13 d. the property owner's right of first refusal or right
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14 of first offer if the acquired land is ever sold by
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15 the state or any state agency or any person who
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16 acquired the land through the use of eminent domain
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17 authority.
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18 D. The Attorney General shall review and update the Landowner's
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19 Bill of Rights no less than once every two (2) years to ensure
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20 accuracy and clarity.
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21 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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