The Oklahoma Senate on Feb. 25, 2025 passed Senate Bill 341, a request from the Oklahoma Department of Transportation to streamline the process for selling state-owned rail, by a 47-0 vote and advanced the measure as an emergency.

Senator Fricks, the bill’s sponsor, told the Senate: “Senate bill 341 is a request bridal from the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. It streamlines the process for them to be able to sell the state owned rail. I move adoption and yield to questions.” The sponsor offered the bill for adoption without further debate, and no questions were raised on the floor before the roll was called.

The clerk reported 47 ayes and 0 nays; the presiding officer declared Senate Bill 341 passed. Senator Fricks subsequently asked unanimous consent to consider the bill on the emergency calendar; the presiding officer granted that request and the bill was advanced as an emergency measure.

Senate Bill 341 is listed on the Senate calendar for third reading and passed on the Senate floor with no recorded amendments or recorded roll-call objections in the transcript excerpt. The bill was presented as a Department of Transportation request; the transcript does not specify statutory citations or the precise procedural changes the bill would make to current sale procedures.

Because the bill was advanced under emergency procedures on the Senate floor, implementation timing and any next steps (conference, enrollment, governor’s action) were not recorded in the transcript excerpt.