---
type: "Bill"
title: "Childbirth; modifying grantmaking authority of State Department of Health under the Choosing Childbirth Act; stipulating additional reimbursable services. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Childbirth; modifying grantmaking authority of State Department of Health under the Choosing Childbirth Act; stipulating additional reimbursable services. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 538"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 538 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Echols", "Treat"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2024-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cb866ac-5af2-4b14-8601-b5ca12d018f4"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB538&session=2400"
source_hash: "143525c1020d5f7e4ce57f78ef9e2cf6057ba6597ab9b6d2e84bdc9eece75ebf"
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 538 (2024) — Childbirth; modifying grantmaking authority of State Department of Health under the Choosing Childbirth Act; stipulating additional reimbursable services. Effective date. Emergency.

## 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/SB538 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by ECHOLS (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB538 FA1 ECHOLSJO-TJ(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB538 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB538 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB538 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB538 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB538 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **84–10** (pass) · lower
- Rules Committee: Do Pass — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **86–10** (pass) · lower
- Committee On Health & Human Services — **10–2** (pass) · upper
- Fourth Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **41–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Echols — primary (person)
- Treat — 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 Treat
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07** Coauthored by Representative McEntire (principal House author)
- **2023-03-08** General Order, Considered
- **2023-03-08** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 7 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-09** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-03-09** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** CR; Do Pass Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-17** Remove Representative McEntire as principal House author and substitute with Representative Echols
- **2024-04-23** House Rule suspended
- **2024-04-24** General Order
- **2024-04-24** Coauthored by Representative(s) Lepak
- **2024-04-24** Coauthored by Senator(s) Bullard
- **2024-04-24** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 10 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-24** Third Reading, advancement rescinded, returned to General Order `reading-3`
- **2024-04-24** Amended by floor substitute
- **2024-04-24** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 10 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-04-25** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-25** HAs read
- **2024-04-25** Coauthored by Representative Wolfley
- **2024-05-29** HAs adopted
- **2024-05-29** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2024-05-29** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled, to House
- **2024-05-30** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-05-30** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-31** Approved by Governor 05/31/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7cb866ac-5af2-4b14-8601-b5ca12d018f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).