---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oklahoma Open Records Act; prohibiting disclosure of certain audio or video recordings. Effective date."
description: "Oklahoma Open Records Act; prohibiting disclosure of certain audio or video recordings. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 968"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 968 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dills", "Haste"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2022-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0e1f00a-f39e-4f0d-9ec3-b6b772bb73b4"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB968&session=2200"
source_hash: "cf33412ffaa7381191046c5192202fbd41915ef687fc706f373261ec1bc6cb01"
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 968 (2022) — Oklahoma Open Records Act; prohibiting disclosure of certain audio or video recordings. 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/SB968 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB968 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB968 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB968 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB968 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Dills — primary (person)
- Haste — 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 Haste
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Coauthored by Representative Dills (principal House author)
- **2021-02-23** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04** General Order, Considered
- **2021-03-04** Measure passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 7 `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-04** Coauthored by Senator Bergstrom
- **2021-03-08** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-03-08** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading referred to General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** CR; Do Pass General Government Committee `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-11** General Order
- **2022-04-11** Coauthored by Representative(s) Provenzano
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 77 Nays: 7 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-11** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2022-04-11** Referred for enrollment
- **2022-04-11** Coauthored by Representative Hill
- **2022-04-12** Enrolled, to House
- **2022-04-12** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2022-04-12** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-18** Approved by Governor 04/18/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0e1f00a-f39e-4f0d-9ec3-b6b772bb73b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).