Bill > HB1238

This bill directs the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry to stop requiring livestock owners to use radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, which are electronic devices used to track and trace animal movements and health status, despite a federal requirement by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the Code of Federal Regulations (9 C.F.R., Section 86.4). The bill further instructs the Department to reach out to livestock-regulating agencies in other beef-producing states to develop interstate compacts that would allow livestock to be sold without these RFID tags. Once these proposed compacts are developed, they must be submitted to the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate for potential ratification. The bill is set to become effective on November 1, 2025, and represents a state-level challenge to federal animal traceability regulations by seeking to create alternative interstate agreements that would exempt Oklahoma livestock from the USDA's mandatory RFID tagging requirements.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=hb1238&Session=2600