---
type: "Bill"
title: "Determination of competence; providing for standing for Office of Public Guardian to participate in certain proceedings. Effective date."
description: "Determination of competence; providing for standing for Office of Public Guardian to participate in certain proceedings. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 771"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 771 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lawson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7500d9fd-589a-4843-9f10-ecb13975b294"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB771&session=2400"
source_hash: "f4fe89bb63ec9cdc0fa7daf684f5727cc58ccb4a8a5bd09f92a37a4ba52c740b"
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 771 (2024) — Determination of competence; providing for standing for Office of Public Guardian to participate in certain proceedings. 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/SB771 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB771 CA1.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB771 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB771 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB771 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB771 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary - Civil Committee: Do Pass — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lawson — 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 Howard
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** Remove as author Senator Howard; authored by Senator Gollihare
- **2024-02-15** Coauthored by Representative Lawson (principal House author)
- **2024-02-27** Reported Do Pass as amended Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-05** General Order, Considered
- **2024-03-05** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `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 Judiciary - Civil `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** CR; Do Pass Judiciary - Civil Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-16** General Order
- **2024-04-16** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 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`
- **2024-04-23** Approved by Governor 04/22/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7500d9fd-589a-4843-9f10-ecb13975b294`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).