---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals; creating the No Patient Left Alone Act; providing for certain visitation rights, policies and safety protocols; prohibiting certain termination, suspension or waiver of visitation rights; prohibiting certain action against hospital; effective date."
description: "Hospitals; creating the No Patient Left Alone Act; providing for certain visitation rights, policies and safety protocols; prohibiting certain termination, suspension or waiver of visitation rights; prohibiting certain action against hospital; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2687"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2687 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergstrom", "Hasenbeck"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a0f32cf-fad7-4264-8035-c0302a629f3a"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2687&session=2100"
source_hash: "aafa66967507f6e1c6195f7f21b28951c320b6ee0463eb799a854f93174de902"
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 2687 (2021) — Hospitals; creating the No Patient Left Alone Act; providing for certain visitation rights, policies and safety protocols; prohibiting certain termination, suspension or waiver of visitation rights; prohibiting certain action against hospital; 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/HB2687 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by OSBURN** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB2687 FA1 OSBURNMI-CC.PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB2687 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2687 PCS.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB2687 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB2687 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB2687 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB2687 SFLR.PDF)
9. **HB2687 FULLPCS1 TONI HASENBECK-AB.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2687 FULLPCS1 TONI HASENBECK-AB.PDF)
10. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2687 CS.PDF)
11. **Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCSH/HB2687 SCSH.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Bergstrom — primary (person)
- Hasenbeck — 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 Hasenbeck
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2021-02-22** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Health Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-11** General Order
- **2021-03-11** Coauthored by Representative(s) Pittman, Stark
- **2021-03-11** Authored by Senator Bergstrom (principal Senate author)
- **2021-03-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-11** Title stricken
- **2021-03-11** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 3 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-15** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-15** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-05** Title restored
- **2021-04-19** General Order, Considered
- **2021-04-19** Measure passed: Ayes: 47 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-04-20** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-04-20** SA's received
- **2021-05-05** SA's read, adopted
- **2021-05-05** Coauthored by Representative(s) Townley, Boles
- **2021-05-05** Coauthored by Senator(s) Stephens
- **2021-05-05** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-05-06** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2021-05-06** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2021-05-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-10** Approved by Governor 05/10/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a0f32cf-fad7-4264-8035-c0302a629f3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).