---
type: "Bill"
title: "Open records; personnel records; public employees; emergency."
description: "Open records; personnel records; public employees; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1876"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1876 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stanley", "West (Tammy)"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1620b7b5-ae4e-48da-a717-a6e857b782c1"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1876&session=2100"
source_hash: "8228abd59267857160d95cd05427be63eeb85ad2aceea62908e879f95071b01f"
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 1876 (2021) — Open records; personnel records; public employees; emergency.

## 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/HB1876 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1876 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1876 CA1.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB1876 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB1876 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB1876 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB1876 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Stanley — primary (person)
- West (Tammy) — 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 West (Tammy)
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** CR; Do Pass General Government Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10** Authored by Senator Stanley (principal Senate author)
- **2021-02-18** General Order
- **2021-02-18** Coauthored by Representative(s) Rosecrants
- **2021-02-18** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 82 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-02-22** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-02-22** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-23** Coauthored by Representative Osburn
- **2021-03-15** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Reported Do Pass as amended Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23** Emergency added
- **2021-04-12** General Order, Considered
- **2021-04-12** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-04-13** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-04-13** SA's received
- **2021-04-28** SA's read, adopted
- **2021-04-28** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-29** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2021-04-29** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2021-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** Approved by Governor 05/03/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1620b7b5-ae4e-48da-a717-a6e857b782c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).