---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oklahoma Religious Freedom Act; establishing exclusion from certain funds or benefits for certain reasons as substantial burden. Effective date."
description: "Oklahoma Religious Freedom Act; establishing exclusion from certain funds or benefits for certain reasons as substantial burden. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 404"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 404 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniels", "Echols"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b263fb5a-ff54-44ee-834a-3f8e50f47806"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB404&session=2300"
source_hash: "da08e57dba0f3e5df710ee9c1ddd33eaa80ab74c530f9e68079f1b17305b2fe9"
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 404 (2023) — Oklahoma Religious Freedom Act; establishing exclusion from certain funds or benefits for certain reasons as substantial burden. 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/SB404 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by FUGATE** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB404 FA1 FUGATEAN-LRB.PDF)
3. **2 Floor Amendment by DOLLENS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB404 FA2 DOLLENSMI-MAH.PDF)
4. **3 Floor Amendment by BENNETT (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB404 FA3 BENNETTFO-LRB(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB404 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB404 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB404 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB404 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Daniels — primary (person)
- Echols — 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 General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Reported Do Pass General Government committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28** Coauthored by Representative Echols (principal House author)
- **2023-03-07** General Order, Considered
- **2023-03-07** Measure passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 7 `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-07** Coauthored by Senator Jett
- **2023-03-08** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-03-08** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to State Powers `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** CR; Do Pass State Powers Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25** General Order
- **2023-04-25** Coauthored by Representative(s) Lepak, Caldwell (Chad), Boatman, Hill, West (Kevin)
- **2023-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 64 Nays: 27 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-26** Enrolled, to House
- **2023-04-26** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-02** Approved by Governor 05/02/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b263fb5a-ff54-44ee-834a-3f8e50f47806`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).