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HR 1046

Resolution; Murrah Building bombing; commemoration of date; distribution.

2026 Regular Session Introduced by Rick West

Oklahoma HR 1046 memorializes the Murrah bombing victims, thanks responders, and commits to a hopeful, nonviolent remembrance promoting healing and peace.

Authored by Representative West (Rick)
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Bill Summary · HR 1046

Summary of HR 1046 (2026) – Oklahoma House Resolution

Purpose and intent

  • HR 1046 is a commemorative resolution recognizing the victims and injuries from the terrorist bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995.
  • It honors first responders, recovery workers, medical personnel, volunteers, and the broader community who assisted in the rescue and recovery efforts.
  • The resolution expresses a renunciation of terrorism, seeks divine guidance for healing and justice, and calls for a hopeful future rooted in love and peace.
  • It directs the distribution of the resolution’s text to the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum.

Key provisions and changes

  • Formal remembrance: The resolution memorializes the 168 people killed and acknowledges those injured.
  • Gratitude to responders: It publicly thanks local, state, and federal law enforcement, firefighters, search and rescue teams, medical personnel, and community volunteers who helped during and after the attack.
  • Moral and thematic statements: The text includes statements renouncing terrorism, promoting forgiveness, hope, and a commitment to teach future generations values of love, charity, and restraint from violence.
  • Memorial purpose: It reaffirms that the Oklahoma City National Memorial should serve not only as a place of mourning but as a site to restart hope for a better and more peaceful future, rather than a place that rekindles anger toward terrorists.
  • Commemoration timing: The resolution acknowledges the 31st anniversary of the bombing and frames the commemoration as a hopeful, forward-looking remembrance.
  • Official actions: The House is directed to send heartfelt remembrances to the families and survivors and to acknowledge those injured, as well as the responders and volunteers.
  • Communications: A copy of the resolution is to be sent to Kari Watkins, President and CEO of the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum.

Who/what is affected

  • Primarily symbolic and ceremonial impact:
    • Oklahoma House of Representatives, as a formal expression of remembrance and values.
    • Families, friends, and neighbors of those killed or injured in the bombing.
    • First responders, rescue workers, medical personnel, and volunteers who participated in the aftermath.
    • Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum (recipient of the resolution).

Procedural and timeline aspects

  • Session and introduction: Introduced in the 2nd session of the 60th Oklahoma Legislature in 2026, authored by Rep. Rick West (Co-sponsor listed as West).
  • Action history: Introduced and filed on April 2, 2026.
  • No fiscal impact or statutory changes are indicated; the measure is strictly ceremonial.

Practical impact

  • Signals official state-level recognition and solidarity with victims, survivors, and responders.
  • Reinforces themes of resilience, reconciliation, and nonviolent remembrance.
  • May influence public commemoration practices and educational or memorial programming linked to the Murrah bombing anniversary within Oklahoma.

If you’d like, I can provide a brief plain-language version suitable for public-facing summaries or a line-by-line annotated version highlighting each paragraph’s themes.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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