---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental health records; modifying Open Meeting and Open Records Act requirements related to confidentiality of certain records. Effective date."
description: "Mental health records; modifying Open Meeting and Open Records Act requirements related to confidentiality of certain records. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 1716"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1716 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gollihare", "Kannady"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4ea6b05-75db-480d-a1d2-efffe70ea324"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1716&session=2400"
source_hash: "75f3eab83ced9754ec04476891910749ab0d5abf579b0f10a9b6b2ac472d05dd"
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 1716 (2024) — Mental health records; modifying Open Meeting and Open Records Act requirements related to confidentiality of certain records. 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/SB1716 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB1716 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB1716 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB1716 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB1716 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- General Government Committee: Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **42–3** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gollihare — primary (person)
- Kannady — 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 Gollihare
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-13** Coauthored by Representative Kannady (principal House author)
- **2024-03-05** General Order, Considered
- **2024-03-05** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-06** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2024-03-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-25** Second Reading referred to General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** CR; Do Pass General Government Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-02** Coauthored by Senator(s) Woods
- **2024-04-16** General Order
- **2024-04-16** Coauthored by Representative(s) Swope
- **2024-04-16** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-16** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-16** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-04-17** Enrolled, to House
- **2024-04-17** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-22** Approved by Governor 04/19/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4ea6b05-75db-480d-a1d2-efffe70ea324`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).