2023 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 2023 Regular Legislative session officially ended on May 26, 2023 (called "Sine Die"). Below on this webpage in tables are the bills OPHA tracked according to our 2023 Public Policy Agenda that were sent to the Governor's desk. Please find the additional 273 bills we tracked throughout the session that went dormant or died (stalled in the legislative process) here. Full PDF reports detailing the progress for all tracked bills throughout the session are organized by agenda topic and linked as "Final Tracking Report" next to the title of each table below.

Bills Tracked - 30  |  Updated on Tues. 5/31/23

Jump to Agenda Topic >>> Child Health | Food, Access, & Nutrition | Health Infrastructure | Healthy Populations | Maternal & Reproductive Health | Mental & Behavior Health | Public Health Authority | Tobacco


Child Health | Final Tracking ReportBack to Top

Bill Number Bill Description Last Action
HB 1029 Directs the Dept. of Education to gather information on the number of homeless students in each district and report that information to the Governor, Legislature and the Commission on Children and Youth.

Signed by Governor (Chap: 155 )
Earliest Effective Date: 11/01/2023 

HB 1032 Requires adjudication for any child being held in secure detention on charges as an accused delinquent be conducted within 30 days of the detainment, extensions to be allowed for good cause.

Signed by Governor (Chap: 8 )
Earliest Effective Date: 11/01/2023

HB 1072 Requires courts to set hearings within 60-days of placing a child in a residential treatment program to assessments and reports made by providers and to determine appropriate next steps.

Signed by Governor (Chap: 43 )
Earliest Effective Date: 10/01/2023 

HB 2210 Authorizes courts to depart from mandatory minimum sentencing requirements when determining sentencing severity for underaged victims of trafficking or assault.

Signed by Governor (Chap: 233 )
Earliest Effective Date: 11/01/2023 

HB 2513 Requires the Legislature to support a Handle With Care Program through the School Security Institute to facilitate coordination between school staff, emergency services, and law enforcement when a child undergoes a traumatic event.

Pocket Vetoed

SB 907 Creates the Family Representation and Advocacy Act, creating Program of the same name within the Administrative Office of the Courts to ensure uniform and high quality representation for certain parties in state deprived child actions.

Signed by Governor (Chap: 369)

Earliest Effective Date: 6/07/2023


Food, Access, & Nutrition | Final Tracking ReportBack to Top

Bill Number Bill Description Last Action
HB 1542 Provides immunity from civil liability for restaurants that donate food, in good faith and without compensation, that causes damage.

Signed by Governor (Chap: 17 )
Earliest Effective Date: 11/01/2023 

No Live Bills

Health Infrastructure | Final Tracking ReportBack to Top

Bill Number Bill Description Last Action
HB 2010 Requires certain motorboats to be affixed with a carbon monoxide warning sticker in plain view to the interior of the vessel, to be distributed through Service OK.

Signed by Governor (Chap: 245)
Earliest Effective Date: 11/01/2023

HB 2182 Repeals certain provisions requiring corrections facilities to log and report communicable disease statistics.

Signed by Governor (Chap: 143)
Earliest Effective Date: 11/01/2023 

HB 2288 Declares any restriction on real estate transactions or conveyances based on race, national origin, religion, gender or disability to be unenforceable.

Signed by Governor (Chap: 267)
Earliest Effective Date: 11/01/2023

HB 2424 Allows pharmacies to dispense and sell a wider variety of opioid antagonists to counteract overdoses.

Signed by Governor (Chap: 74)
Earliest Effective Date: 11/01/2023

SB 230 Requires the state emergency operations plan include a provision for responses to a catastrophic health emergency.

Signed by Governor (Chap: 207)
Earliest Effective Date: 11/01/2023

SB 293 Establishes a definition for rural emergency hospitals within statute, clarifying that rural establishments typically offering emergency services for 24 hours or less would qualify.

Signed by Governor (Chap: 117)
Earliest Effective Date: 11/01/2023

SB 535 Creates the Oklahoma Community Health Worker Act, which establishes a certificate program for community health workers.

Dormant pursuant to the rules; Vetoed by the Governor on 5/5/34: "We should let private employers decide whether to employ CHWs rather than expand government."


Healthy Populations | Final Tracking ReportBack to Top

Bill Number Bill Description Last Action
HB 1397 Requires the Dept. of Education to develop curriculums on specific components of the Civil Rights Movement and on discriminatory injustices committed outside of the United States.

Signed by Governor (Chap: 156)
Earliest Effective Date: 11/01/2023

HB 1931 Removes certain standards which would disqualify persons for TANF benefits due to illegal substance abuse and includes substance abuse treatment and mental health counseling as TANF qualifying job readiness assistance.

Signed by Governor
Earliest Effective Date: 11/01/2023 

SB 534 Changes the maximum adjusted gross income to 300 percent of the federal poverty level for the purpose of qualifying for assistance for a child that is severely developmentally disabled; EMERGENCY.

Dormant pursuant to the rules; Vetoed by the Governor on 4/26/23: "I will continue to veto any and all legislation authored by Senators who have not stood with the people of Oklahoma and the [tax credit] plan."

SB 613 Prohibits gender affirming treatment and care for any persons under the age of eighteen, physicians to be guilty of unprofessional conduct upon violation.

Signed by Governor (Chap: 150) 
Earliest Effective Date: 05/01/2023 


Maternal & Reproductive Health | Final Tracking ReportBack to Top

Bill Number Bill Description Last Action
HB 1932 Extends the same benefits to pregnant TANF applicants as to parents with minor children living in the home.

Signed by Governor (Chap: 203) 
Earliest Effective Date: 11/01/2023

SB 292 Requires health care providers to follow certain standards for syphilis testing during pregnancies, such required testing to be covered by health benefit plans.

Signed by Governor (Chap: 116) 
Earliest Effective Date: 11/01/2023


Mental & Behavioral Health | Final Tracking ReportBack to Top

Bill Number Bill Description Last Action
HB 1036 Creates a Veteran Suicide Prevention Task Force to study and make recommendations to the Governor and Legislature related to reducing veteran suicide rates in the state.

Signed by Governor (Chap: 106) 
Earliest Effective Date: 08/24/2023 

HB 1796 Authorizes the Dept. of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to enter into agreements to serve as a vendor with public sector employers wishing to offer employment assistance programs and services.

Vetoed by the Governor: "...made it to my desk despite a consequential drafting error."

HB 2686 Requires persons participating in the opioid substitution treatment program to submit to a minimum of eight random, witnessed urine drug screenings annually.

Signed by Governor (Chap: 250) 
Earliest Effective Date: 05/15/2023

SB 286 Limits the use of mechanical restraints on persons being transported for mental health services by law enforcement or contracted third parties; EMERGENCY.

Signed by Governor (Chap: 115) 
Earliest Effective Date: 04/28/2023 

SB 557 Relates to unfair claims settlement practices, requires insurers to cover certain mental health and substance abuse treatments performed by providers with relevant credentials but are not physicians.

Signed by Governor (Chap: 214) 
Earliest Effective Date: 11/01/2023 

SB 710 Permits qualified school personnel to administer opiate antagonists to persons suspected to be suffering from an overdose regardless of any prescription or standing order; EMERGENCY.

Signed by Governor (Chap: 219) 
Earliest Effective Date: 05/05/2023 

SB 711 Directs the Dept. of Mental Health to provide opioid antagonists to the Dept. of Corrections and to county jails to be provided to inmates with a known opioid addiction or related condition upon release.

Veto overridden by House and Senate
Earliest Effective Date: 11/01/2023 

SB 712 Directs the Dept. of Mental Health to provide hospitals with opioid antagonists to be given to persons presenting to emergency departments with the symptoms of an opioid overdose or related disorder upon discharge from the hospital.

Veto overridden by House and Senate
Earliest Effective Date: 11/01/2023 


Public Health Authority | Final Tracking ReportBack to Top

Bill Number Bill Description Last Action
SB 225 Adjusts certain reporting requirements by the Health Care Authority to the Governor and Legislature to require reporting every fifth year rather than odd-numbered years and creates a school nurse pilot program fund.

Signed by Governor (Chap: 328

Earliest Effective Date: 6/06/2023

SB 748 Requires the Commissioner of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to designate a physician to issue a statewide order for emergency opioid antagonists so that they may be distributed, possessed, and stored; EMERGENCY.

Dormant pursuant to the rules; Vetoed by the Governor on 5/1/23: "Since the standing order this bill
would have authorized was statutorily set to expire upon FDA
approval...this bill is unnecessary."

Tobacco | Final Tracking ReportBack to Top

Bill Number Bill Description Last Action
HB 2165 Creates certain fines for minors in possession of tobacco, nicotine, or vapor products and allows for municipalities to enforce ordinances.

Signed by Governor (Chap: 141) 
Earliest Effective Date: 11/01/2023



For more information on any of the above bills, please visit:
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/WebBillStatus/main.html

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