---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public health; creating Ava's Law; requiring certain persons to provide certain information to pregnant individuals; requiring State Department of Health to compile and publish certain educational resources. Effective date."
description: "Public health; creating Ava's Law; requiring certain persons to provide certain information to pregnant individuals; requiring State Department of Health to compile and publish certain educational resources. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 1462"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1462 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garvin", "Lawson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a871483-7fef-4dc6-be6a-560ed5e3c327"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1462&session=2200"
source_hash: "a3f3966d1ac10c30b3cd9f6d74a22ee61bd20cbb55f7fe7aadb548755e1107e4"
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 1462 (2022) — Public health; creating Ava's Law; requiring certain persons to provide certain information to pregnant individuals; requiring State Department of Health to compile and publish certain educational resources. 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/SB1462 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1462 PCS.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB1462 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB1462 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB1462 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB1462 SFLR.PDF)
7. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB1462 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Garvin — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** Authored by Senator Garvin
- **2022-02-07** Coauthored by Representative Lawson (principal House author)
- **2022-02-08** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-07** General Order, Considered
- **2022-03-07** Measure passed: Ayes: 34 Nays: 10 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-03-08** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2022-03-08** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-28** Second Reading referred to Public Health `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** CR; Do Pass Public Health Committee `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-19** General Order
- **2022-04-19** Coauthored by Representative(s) Fugate
- **2022-04-19** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 73 Nays: 7 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-19** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2022-04-19** Referred for enrollment
- **2022-04-20** Enrolled, to House
- **2022-04-20** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2022-04-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-21** Approved by Governor 04/21/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a871483-7fef-4dc6-be6a-560ed5e3c327`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).