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If a bill passes the Oklahoma Legislature during the final five days of session, the Governor has 15 days following the final day of session to sign or veto it. If the Governor does not sign or veto the bill by the end of that 15-day period, it does not become law. This is known as a “pocket veto.” No reasons for the pocket veto are required, and no override by the Legislature is possible.
Gov. Stitt used the pocket veto twice in the 2021 legislative session and five times in both 2023 and 2025. Prior to 2021, the pocket veto had been used only once since 2012, by Governor Fallin on a firearms bill (HB 1608) in 2018.
