---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency medical services; modifying certain disciplinary actions. Effective date."
description: "Emergency medical services; modifying certain disciplinary actions. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1561"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1561 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archer", "Howard"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/644e764e-394b-4cb7-858a-ca7074cbe646"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1561&session=2600"
source_hash: "e4c745c8e533adea08ec5b4635ba97a77b667ea787fc59669677c7a7bcb6e0a1"
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 1561 (2026) — Emergency medical services; modifying certain disciplinary actions. Effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 INT/SB/SB1561 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1561 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1561 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1561 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1561 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Health & Human Services — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Health And Human Services Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- Public Health Committee: Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Archer — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-02-02** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** Authored by Senator Howard
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-25** Placed on General Order
- **2026-02-25** Coauthored by Representative Archer (principal House author)
- **2026-03-05** General Order, Considered
- **2026-03-05** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-09** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-03-09** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass Public Health `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-16** CR; Do Pass Health and Human Services Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-04** General Order
- **2026-05-04** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-04** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-05-04** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-05-05** Enrolled, to House
- **2026-05-05** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-05-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** Approved by Governor 05/07/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/644e764e-394b-4cb7-858a-ca7074cbe646`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).