---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oklahoma Open Records Act; modifying requirements for public body to complete certain records requests. Effective date."
description: "Oklahoma Open Records Act; modifying requirements for public body to complete certain records requests. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 535"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 535 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniels", "Pae"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08fc87d0-fe92-4cb2-9735-ba4ed73c63d5"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB535&session=2600"
source_hash: "caa17b1b91cb319362d085e4bfefbf05372cb6ec5e6d74f023f8eb1b94e011aa"
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 535 (2026) — Oklahoma Open Records Act; modifying requirements for public body to complete certain records requests. 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/SB535 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/SB535 HASB AND ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB535 PCS.PDF)
4. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB535 CS.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB535 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB535 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB535 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB535 SFLR.PDF)
9. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB535 HCS.PDF)
10. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB535 POLREC.PDF)
11. **Proposed Policy Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB535 POLAMD1 DANIEL PAE-SW.PDF)

## Votes

- Fourth Reading — **38–4** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- Civil Judiciary Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **83–5** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **8–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniels — primary (person)
- Pae — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Authored by Senator Daniels
- **2025-02-03** Coauthored by Representative Pae (principal House author)
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27** Placed on General Order
- **2025-03-10** General Order, Considered
- **2025-03-10** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-11** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-03-11** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Referred to Civil Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Civil Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-17** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-07** General Order
- **2025-05-07** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-07** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-05-08** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-08** HAs read
- **2025-05-15** HAs adopted
- **2025-05-15** Measure passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 4 `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-19** Enrolled, to House
- **2025-05-19** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2025-05-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-27** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/26/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08fc87d0-fe92-4cb2-9735-ba4ed73c63d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).