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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Mental health; Neil's Law; Oklahoma Elder Exploitation and Abuse Act; purpose; intent; terms; civil actions; venue; relief; claim; records; vulnerable adult; effective date."
+description: "Mental health; Neil's Law; Oklahoma Elder Exploitation and Abuse Act; purpose; intent; terms; civil actions; venue; relief; claim; records; vulnerable adult; effective date."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
+legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 1566"
+citation: "Oklahoma HB 1566 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Duel", "Weaver"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2025-02-03"
+last_action: "2025-05-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4c27aa5-1ccc-44ee-95bc-b516b23de287"
+source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1566&session=2600"
+source_hash: "6d32a3576b25f6a6a75a01547c609ef21da5bbe223dea1a1a7f0115512345c18"
+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 HB 1566 (2026) — Mental health; Neil's Law; Oklahoma Elder Exploitation and Abuse Act; purpose; intent; terms; civil actions; venue; relief; claim; records; vulnerable adult; effective date.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 INT/hB/HB1566 INT.PDF)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB1566 ENGR.PDF)
+3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB1566 ENR.PDF)
+4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB1566 HFLR.PDF)
+5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB1566 SFLR.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Public Health Committee: Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+- Judiciary — **6–1** (pass) · upper
+- Health And Human Services Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **80–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Duel — primary (person)
+- Weaver — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-02-03** Authored by Representative Duel
+- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-04** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-05** Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass Public Health `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-05** Authored by Senator Weaver (principal Senate author)
+- **2025-03-04** CR; Do Pass Health and Human Services Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-13** General Order
+- **2025-03-13** Coauthored by Representative(s) Stark
+- **2025-03-13** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-13** Referred for engrossment
+- **2025-03-17** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
+- **2025-03-17** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-15** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
+- **2025-04-17** Placed on General Order
+- **2025-05-05** General Order, Considered
+- **2025-05-05** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
+- **2025-05-05** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
+- **2025-05-05** Referred for enrollment
+- **2025-05-06** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
+- **2025-05-06** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
+- **2025-05-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-13** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/13/2025 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4c27aa5-1ccc-44ee-95bc-b516b23de287`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).
+