---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public health and safety; modifying provisions related to death certificates; requiring Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to make certain disclosure. Effective date."
description: "Public health and safety; modifying provisions related to death certificates; requiring Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to make certain disclosure. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 707"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 707 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roe", "Rosino"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2024-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaa46d32-5f83-49d4-979d-c269ca65de31"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB707&session=2400"
source_hash: "9c8bba2ff31bc3bd1f5ae9f988b4b3645213cda840edbe5c3ef6943dcab180c5"
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 707 (2024) — Public health and safety; modifying provisions related to death certificates; requiring Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to make certain disclosure. 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/SB707 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB707 PCS.PDF)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB707 CS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB707 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB707 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB707 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB707 SFLR.PDF)
8. **SB707 (3-21-23) (ROSINO) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB707 (3-21-23) (ROSINO) FS FA1.PDF)
9. **SB707 (3-21-23) (ROSINO) RT FA2.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB707 (3-21-23) (ROSINO) RT FA2.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Public Health Committee: Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Health & Human Services: Committee Substitute, Motion By Senator Rosino - Adopted (Request No: 1897) — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roe — primary (person)
- Rosino — 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 Rosino
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Coauthored by Representative Roe (principal House author)
- **2023-03-02** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02** Title stricken
- **2023-03-22** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2023-03-22** Title restored
- **2023-03-22** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2023-03-22** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-23** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-03-23** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Public Health `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** CR; Do Pass Public Health Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-25** General Order
- **2024-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 79 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-04-29** Enrolled, to House
- **2024-04-29** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Approved by Governor 05/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eaa46d32-5f83-49d4-979d-c269ca65de31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).