---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health and Safety; rights of residents of hospice facilities; requiring facility to action upon request. Effective date."
description: "Public Health and Safety; rights of residents of hospice facilities; requiring facility to action upon request. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 1228"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1228 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "McCortney"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50b29553-7bb9-40b9-beec-e2dd59564fb4"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1228&session=1800"
source_hash: "2a7022ca24da373992f3d07ddd125a07b424fcaba39d8042fb5d1902d929ab7b"
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 1228 (2017-2018) — Public Health and Safety; rights of residents of hospice facilities; requiring facility to action upon request. 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/2017-18 INT/SB/SB1228 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB1228 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB1228 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB1228 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB1228 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB1228 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB1228 HCS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **79–3** (pass) · lower
- FOURTH READING — **34–5** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **44–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)
- McCortney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Authored by Senator McCortney
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Coauthored by Representative Caldwell (principal House author)
- **2018-02-19** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-14** General Order, Considered
- **2018-03-14** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-14** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-03-15** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2018-03-15** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-21** Second Reading referred to Health Services and Long-Term Care `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health Services and Long-Term Care Committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-26** General Order
- **2018-04-26** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 79 Nays: 3 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-04-27** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2018-04-27** HAs read
- **2018-05-01** HAs adopted
- **2018-05-01** Measure passed: Ayes: 34 Nays: 5 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled, to House
- **2018-05-01** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-05-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-07** Approved by Governor 05/07/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50b29553-7bb9-40b9-beec-e2dd59564fb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).