---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public health and safety; death certificates; personal data; effective date."
description: "Public health and safety; death certificates; personal data; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1638"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1638 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergstrom", "Lepak"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2e9cec5-c8a7-4ff1-af74-5eb639fee850"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1638&session=2100"
source_hash: "2043b485d273993580b7884094fa1201a0739859de970f954fb5bedf71394a15"
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 1638 (2021) — Public health and safety; death certificates; personal data; 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/2021-22 INT/hB/HB1638 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB1638 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB1638 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB1638 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB1638 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Bergstrom — primary (person)
- Lepak — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Authored by Representative Lepak
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Public Health `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** CR; Do Pass Public Health Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24** Authored by Senator Bergstrom (principal Senate author)
- **2021-03-02** General Order
- **2021-03-02** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-03** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14** Coauthored by Representative Hardin (David)
- **2021-04-14** Coauthored by Senator Stephens
- **2021-04-14** General Order, Considered
- **2021-04-14** Measure passed: Ayes: 25 Nays: 20 `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-15** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2021-04-15** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2021-04-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21** Approved by Governor 04/21/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2e9cec5-c8a7-4ff1-af74-5eb639fee850`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).