---
type: "Bill"
title: "Long-term care; modifying elements of employment eligibility. Effective date."
description: "Long-term care; modifying elements of employment eligibility. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 1511"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1511 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garvin", "McEntire"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/196cb55b-a730-43da-9f9c-f67c9f01dc0a"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1511&session=2400"
source_hash: "576051a1154bcc1c611835d6f0760bcba483bf3fa020104ccd446c0bf4049a93"
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 1511 (2024) — Long-term care; modifying elements of employment eligibility. 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/SB1511 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB1511 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB1511 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB1511 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB1511 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Health Services And Long-Term Care Committee: Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Health & Human Services — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **37–5** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **84–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garvin — primary (person)
- McEntire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** Authored by Senator Garvin
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-04** Coauthored by Representative McEntire (principal House author)
- **2024-03-07** General Order, Considered
- **2024-03-07** Measure passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 5 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-11** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2024-03-11** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-25** Second Reading referred to Health Services and Long-Term Care `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** CR; Do Pass Health Services and Long-Term Care Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-17** General Order
- **2024-04-17** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 3 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-17** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-17** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-04-18** Enrolled, to House
- **2024-04-18** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-18** Coauthored by Representative Swope
- **2024-04-24** Approved by Governor 04/23/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/196cb55b-a730-43da-9f9c-f67c9f01dc0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).