---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of the Chief Medical Examiner; autopsy reports; requiring redaction of certain information for certain period; providing exceptions. Effective date."
description: "Office of the Chief Medical Examiner; autopsy reports; requiring redaction of certain information for certain period; providing exceptions. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 207"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 207 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bice", "Osborn (Leslie)"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 37
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e92367c-3b09-46c1-8132-74c9f2d1e0d0"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB207&session=1800"
source_hash: "e642cfdd9f5391fd691e11dd8b089e102f7006c8f528bec922370b218312c248"
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 207 (2017-2018) — Office of the Chief Medical Examiner; autopsy reports; requiring redaction of certain information for certain period; providing exceptions. 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/2017-18 INT/SB/SB207 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB207 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB207 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB207 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB207 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB207 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB207 HCS.PDF)
8. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB207 CS.PDF)
9. **Senate Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCCS/SB207 CCS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **79–12** (pass) · lower
- FOURTH READING — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FOURTH READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bice — primary (person)
- Osborn (Leslie) — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Authored by Senator Bice
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-27** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-27** Title stricken
- **2017-03-14** Coauthored by Representative Osborn (Leslie) (principal House author)
- **2017-03-22** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2017-03-22** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-22** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-23** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-23** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** Second Reading referred to Public Health `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Health Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-11** Enacting clause stricken
- **2017-04-18** General Order
- **2017-04-18** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 79 Nays: 12 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-18** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-19** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-04-19** HAs read
- **2017-05-04** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2017-05-10** Conference granted, naming Conference Committee on Public Health
- **2017-05-11** SCs named Bice, Yen, Simpson, Griffin, Rader, Floyd, Pittman
- **2017-05-24** CCR read
- **2017-05-24** Title restored
- **2017-05-24** Enacting clause restored
- **2017-05-25** CCR adopted
- **2017-05-25** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-25** CCR submitted
- **2017-05-25** CCR adopted
- **2017-05-25** Coauthored by Representative(s) McDaniel
- **2017-05-25** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 95 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-25** To Senate
- **2017-05-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-26** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-05-26** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-05-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-06** Approved by Governor 06/06/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e92367c-3b09-46c1-8132-74c9f2d1e0d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).