---
type: "Bill"
title: "Security of Communications Act; authorizing certain testimony in administrative proceedings. Effective date."
description: "Security of Communications Act; authorizing certain testimony in administrative proceedings. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 981"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 981 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moore", "Weaver"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c121f1b8-81c0-49b8-b11e-42c6f94253c2"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB981&session=2400"
source_hash: "b3bb486a7e35df6a8504793f8a5ccf2f9a3438f8818ab60bae2e382492f3708b"
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 981 (2024) — Security of Communications Act; authorizing certain testimony in administrative 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/SB981 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB981 CA1.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB981 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB981 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB981 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB981 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Committee On Judiciary: Amendment 1, Motion By Senator Jech - Adopted — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary - Civil Committee: Do Pass — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **51–31** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Moore — primary (person)
- Weaver — 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 Weaver
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Reported Do Pass as amended Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07** Coauthored by Representative Moore (principal House author)
- **2023-02-13** General Order, Considered
- **2023-02-13** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-02-13** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-02-14** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-02-14** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Civil `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** CR; Do Pass Judiciary - Civil Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-20** General Order
- **2023-04-20** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 51 Nays: 31 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-20** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-24** Enrolled, to House
- **2023-04-24** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** Approved by Governor 04/28/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c121f1b8-81c0-49b8-b11e-42c6f94253c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).