---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental health; requiring the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to issue certain request for proposals subject to availability of funds; transferring certain duties. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Mental health; requiring the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to issue certain request for proposals subject to availability of funds; transferring certain duties. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 844"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 844 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller", "Thompson (Roger)"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/664da5f0-cca0-4a76-83f1-532beb1052ca"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB844&session=2400"
source_hash: "cdab9ca9d7cc173ed54041eff698b13f3144b8bf5f59aa9fcde99e84700599c7"
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 844 (2024) — Mental health; requiring the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to issue certain request for proposals subject to availability of funds; transferring certain duties. 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/SB844 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB844 PCS.PDF)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB844 CS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB844 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB844 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB844 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB844 SFLR.PDF)
8. **SB844 (3-01-23) (THOMPSON R) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB844 (3-01-23) (THOMPSON R) RT FA1.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **88–2** (pass) · lower
- Committee On Health & Human Services: Committee Substitute, Motion By Senator Rosino - Adopted (Request No: 1844) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee On Appropriations: Strike The Title, Motion By Senator Thompson (R) - Adopted — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Public Health Committee: Do Pass — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Miller — primary (person)
- Thompson (Roger) — 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 Thompson (Roger)
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09** Emergency added
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Coauthored by Senator Pemberton
- **2023-02-13** Coauthored by Representative Miller (principal House author)
- **2023-02-14** Coauthored by Senator Rader
- **2023-02-22** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Title stricken
- **2023-02-23** Coauthored by Representative Waldron
- **2023-03-02** Coauthored by Senator Pederson
- **2023-03-06** General Order, Amended
- **2023-03-06** Title restored
- **2023-03-06** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-07** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-03-07** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Public Health `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** CR; Do Pass Public Health Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05** Coauthored by Representative(s) Cantrell
- **2023-04-25** General Order
- **2023-04-25** Coauthored by Representative(s) Osburn
- **2023-04-25** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-25** Coauthored by Representative Munson
- **2023-04-25** Coauthored by Representative Humphrey
- **2023-04-26** Enrolled, to House
- **2023-04-26** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-02** Approved by Governor 05/02/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/664da5f0-cca0-4a76-83f1-532beb1052ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).