Oklahoma House Bill HB3460

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 2/2/26
• Refer: 2/3/26

Caption

Capitol Patrol; Oklahoma Highway Patrol; Oklahoma National Guard; Oklahoma National Guard Capitol Patrol Division; repealer; effective date.

Summary

HB3460 restructures state Capitol-area law enforcement by removing the Capitol Patrol Section from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Division and creating a new Oklahoma National Guard Capitol Patrol Division. The bill also creates a related Oklahoma National Guard Patrol Division and assigns patrolmen authority to enforce parking, traffic, and criminal laws on state buildings and properties in Oklahoma County and Tulsa County, with secondary duties to make arrests and carry out other security tasks directed by the Adjutant General. The measure revises existing statutes governing the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Division and the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority. It shifts security and law-enforcement contracting for Capitol-area facilities to the new National Guard-based patrol division, requires the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and the Capitol Improvement Authority to provide office and operations space, and repeals two existing statutes related to parking on certain state property and the former Capitol Patrol Division. It also sets salary conformity with the 2013 Department of Public Safety law enforcement remuneration study and establishes a civil fine process for parking violations on covered state property, including notice, hearing procedures, immobilization or impoundment authority, and a state lien for unpaid fines. The bill’s impact would be significant for state law enforcement administration and Capitol security operations. It would transfer responsibilities now associated with the Department of Public Safety’s Capitol Patrol to a new division within the Oklahoma National Guard, while preserving broad enforcement powers over state property in the two largest counties covered by the bill. It would also create a new parking enforcement regime for state buildings and grounds, with fines deposited into the General Revenue Fund. Overall sentiment in the available record appears neutral to procedural, because there are no committee transcripts or recorded votes provided. The bill had only a preliminary legislative status noted—second reading and referral to Rules—so there is no evidence in the supplied materials of formal support or opposition from lawmakers. As a result, the public or committee-level reaction cannot be assessed from the record provided. The main points of contention likely center on the transfer of policing authority from the Department of Public Safety to the Oklahoma National Guard, the scope of arrest and criminal enforcement powers on state property, and the use of civil fines, immobilization, and impoundment for parking violations. Another possible issue is the administrative and jurisdictional change created by placing Capitol-area patrol functions within the National Guard rather than a traditional civilian law-enforcement agency.

Impact

HB3460 would amend Title 47 and Title 73 and create new provisions in Title 44, shifting Capitol-area patrol functions away from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Division and into a newly created Oklahoma National Guard Capitol Patrol Division. It would repeal existing statutes governing the former Capitol Patrol Division and parking enforcement on certain state property, while establishing new enforcement authority, fine collection procedures, and property-security responsibilities for state buildings and grounds in Oklahoma County and Tulsa County.

Sentiment

No committee discussion or vote record was provided, so the bill’s sentiment cannot be measured from debate or roll call. Based on the text alone, the measure appears to be a structural and administrative reorganization proposal rather than a partisan policy bill, and the available legislative history shows only that it was introduced and referred to Rules.

Contention

Likely areas of contention include whether the Oklahoma National Guard should perform routine law-enforcement and parking enforcement duties on state property, whether the bill expands enforcement authority too broadly, and whether the new civil fine and impoundment system is appropriate for parking violations. Stakeholders most likely to scrutinize the bill would include the Department of Public Safety, the Oklahoma National Guard, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, the Capitol Improvement Authority, and employees or visitors who park on covered state property.