---
type: "Bill"
title: "Confidentiality of court records; establishing confidentiality requirements for cases assigned to mental health court programs. Effective date."
description: "Confidentiality of court records; establishing confidentiality requirements for cases assigned to mental health court programs. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 50"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 50 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Worthen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c94de38a-f13a-470d-8474-0dc842ad4d8d"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB50&session=2100"
source_hash: "21dbb92aecfa00ec1faa9d99ee570c32dcd69a0fd23f25f4fb55091bbeb2f5a9"
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 50 (2021) — Confidentiality of court records; establishing confidentiality requirements for cases assigned to mental health court programs. 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/SB/SB50 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB50 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB50 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB50 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB50 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Worthen — 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 Senator Howard
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11** Coauthored by Representative Worthen (principal House author)
- **2021-03-01** General Order, Considered
- **2021-03-01** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-01** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-02** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-03-02** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Criminal `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** CR; Do Pass Judiciary - Criminal Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15** General Order
- **2021-04-15** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-15** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-19** Enrolled, to House
- **2021-04-19** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-22** Approved by Governor 04/22/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c94de38a-f13a-470d-8474-0dc842ad4d8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).