---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dispositional hearings; authorizing voluntary participation in certain services; prohibiting use of participation in certain services as evidence. Effective date."
description: "Dispositional hearings; authorizing voluntary participation in certain services; prohibiting use of participation in certain services as evidence. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 159"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 159 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniels", "Lawson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29ea22f7-9e67-4507-808f-c5cdf7874de0"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB159&session=2300"
source_hash: "9adfdb343cbb5ae9c68b593b70a6fa7b633d3ce17f5b01d11f9faa1abde22492"
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 159 (2023) — Dispositional hearings; authorizing voluntary participation in certain services; prohibiting use of participation in certain services as evidence. 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/2023-24 INT/SB/SB159 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB159 CA1.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB159 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB159 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB159 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB159 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Daniels — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Senator Daniels
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Reported Do Pass as amended Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08** Coauthored by Representative Lawson (principal House author)
- **2023-02-13** Coauthored by Senator Boren
- **2023-02-14** General Order, Considered
- **2023-02-14** Measure passed: Ayes: 48 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-02-15** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-02-15** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Children, Youth and Family Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** CR; Do Pass Children, Youth and Family Services Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-18** General Order
- **2023-04-18** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-18** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-19** Enrolled, to House
- **2023-04-19** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Approved by Governor 04/20/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29ea22f7-9e67-4507-808f-c5cdf7874de0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).