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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Notaries public; adding grounds for denial or revocation of commission; creating misdemeanor offense. Effective date."
+description: "Notaries public; adding grounds for denial or revocation of commission; creating misdemeanor offense. Effective date."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
+legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 556"
+citation: "Oklahoma SB 556 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Haste", "Sims"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-02-06"
+last_action: "2024-04-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdaf7b12-6234-47e1-ab59-efce33db84e5"
+source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB556&session=2400"
+source_hash: "dbe01ccb6c004814161e14a7d719a8e9f139f81c5bffcc96d2112cb1b62f7a63"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ok"]
+---
+
+# Oklahoma SB 556 (2024) — Notaries public; adding grounds for denial or revocation of commission; creating misdemeanor offense. Effective date.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 INT/SB/SB556 INT.PDF)
+2. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB556 CA1.PDF)
+3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB556 ENGR.PDF)
+4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB556 ENR.PDF)
+5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB556 HFLR.PDF)
+6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB556 SFLR.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- General Government Committee: Do Pass — **5–2** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee On Judiciary: Amendment 1, Motion By Senator Jech - Adopted — **11–1** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **71–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Haste — primary (person)
+- Sims — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-02-06** Authored by Senator Newhouse
+- **2023-02-06** Remove as author Senator Newhouse; authored by Senator Haste
+- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-16** Coauthored by Representative Sims (principal House author)
+- **2023-02-28** Reported Do Pass as amended Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-07** General Order, Considered
+- **2023-03-07** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
+- **2023-03-07** Referred for engrossment
+- **2023-03-08** Engrossed to House `passage`
+- **2023-03-08** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-11** CR; Do Pass General Government Committee `committee-passage`
+- **2024-04-24** General Order
+- **2024-04-24** Coauthored by Representative(s) Strom
+- **2024-04-24** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 71 Nays: 7 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-04-24** Signed, returned to Senate
+- **2024-04-24** Referred for enrollment
+- **2024-04-25** Enrolled, to House
+- **2024-04-25** Signed, returned to Senate
+- **2024-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-04-30** Approved by Governor 04/30/2024 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdaf7b12-6234-47e1-ab59-efce33db84e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).
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