2024 BILL TRACKING
The Oklahoma Public Health Association's Policy Committee works to identify state public health policy issues and promote the passage of health policies and laws that are best practice in public health. Each year, the Policy Committee, with the input of membership and approval from the Board of Directors, identifies key legislative priorities and tracks bills that fall within those priorities.
Oklahoma's 2024 regular legislative session officially began on February 5, 2024 (the first Monday in February) and ended one day before the constitutional deadline (the last Friday in May) on Thursday, May 30, 2024. At the beginning of session, OPHA identified 247 bills that fit within our 2024 Policy Agenda and tracked 176 through the end of session. Please find a condensed sheet recapping 113 bills of the bills we tracked below. You can access the full sheet and the now complete tracking sheet here.
Notable Definitions
- HB - bills originating from (filed in) the House; stands for House Bill
- SB - bills originating from (filed in) the Senate; stands for Senate Bill
- Author - legislator who is leading the bill in the bill's chamber of origin; the author typically filed the bill too, but bill authors can be changed during session
- Sponsor - legislator who is leading the bill in the opposite chamber; sponsor(s) can also change during session
- (F) - stands for Freshman, indicating the legislator is in their first term
- As Substituted - indicates that the bill was passed with amended (substituted) language
Minimum Actions for a Bill to Become Law (in chronological order)
- Filed in chamber of origin by Author
- Referred to Committee(s)/Subcommittee(s) in chamber of origin by Speaker of the House/Senate Pro Tempore
- Set on Committee(s)/Subcommittee(s) meeting agenda by Committee/Subcommittee Chair(s)
- Voted "Do Pass" from Committee(s)/Subcommittee(s) in chamber of origin
- Set on chamber of origin's Floor Agenda by Speaker of the House/Senate Pro Tempore
- Voted "Passed/Adopted" by chamber of origin
- Received in opposite chamber
- Referred to Committee/Subcommittee in opposite chamber by Speaker of the House/Senate Pro Tempore
- Set on Committee(s)/Subcommittee(s) meeting agenda by Committee/Subcommittee Chair(s)
- Voted "Do Pass" from Committee(s)/Subcommittee(s) in in opposite chamber
- Set on opposite chamber's Floor Agenda by Speaker of the House/Senate Pro Tempore
- Voted "Passed/Adopted" by opposite chamber
- Sent to the governor
- Signed by the governor
Optional Actions (required for bills with multiple versions of bill language)
- Appointed a Conference (language reconciliation) Committee, composed of both Representatives & Senators
- Conference language agreed upon by Conference Committee
- Conference language set on chamber of origin's Floor Agenda by Speaker of the House/Senate Pro Tempore
- Conference language "finally passed" by chamber of origin
- Conference language set on opposite chamber's Floor Agenda by Speaker of the House/Senate Pro Tempore
- Conference language "finally passed" by opposite chamber
- Conference language sent to the governor
- Conference language signed by the governor
Use Your Voice & Advocate!
See a bill you feel strongly about? You can advocate for or against the bill by contacting legislators! Find a full list of the legislators and their staff below, and feel free to follow our "calling a legislator" guide! The guide can be easily adapted into an email, but please note that calling legislators tends to be more effective than emailing.
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