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August 25, 2026 On the 2026 Ballot

Oklahoma State Question 844 — Manufacturing Tax Exemption Reimbursement Methodology Amendment (Aug 2026)

Statewide — All Oklahoma Voters

What The Amendment Does

How It Got On The Ballot

Who Supports This

Who Opposes This

RESOLUTE Citizen Analysis

This is plumbing, not policy — but the kind of plumbing that decides whether a school district can plan its budget. When the state hands manufacturers a five-year tax holiday, the local school and county still have bills to pay, and the state is supposed to make them whole. Right now that reimbursement rides on a fund balance instead of a fixed formula. Writing a methodology into the constitution is a modest, sensible move toward keeping the state's promise to local communities. A citizen weighing it should ask whether the promised formula will actually be funded — the amendment requires a method, not a dollar amount.

"A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight."

— Proverbs 11:1 (KJV)

Sources & Resources

Ballotpedia News — Oklahoma voters to decide a state question on reimbursement methodology for local revenue lost to the manufacturing tax exemption on Aug. 25 (Apr 10, 2026)Oklahoma Secretary of State — State Question 844 (HJR 1087) official textOklahoma Watch — Legislature Sends Four State Questions to the Ballot