---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public health and safety; confidentiality of vital records; effective date."
description: "Public health and safety; confidentiality of vital records; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 2053"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2053 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sims", "Smalley"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e16bfa2-0158-4c88-9502-cca5ae5d6745"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2053&session=2000"
source_hash: "1d7c3f90ba0a9c31acd2a0dda7db6126a9348477400123b0d459a374aff3c435"
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 HB 2053 (2020) — Public health and safety; confidentiality of vital records; 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/2019-20 INT/hB/HB2053 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by SIMS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB2053 FA1 SIMSLO-SH(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB2053 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB2053 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB2053 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB2053 SFLR.PDF)
7. **HB2053 FULLPCS1 LONNIE SIMS-SH.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2053 FULLPCS1 LONNIE SIMS-SH.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2053 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- SUSPEND HOUSE — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sims — primary (person)
- Smalley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Authored by Representative Sanders
- **2019-02-06** Second Reading referred to Rules `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** Remove Representative Sanders as principal House author and substitute with Representative Sims
- **2019-03-13** General Order
- **2019-03-13** Authored by Senator Smalley (principal Senate author)
- **2019-03-13** House Rule suspended
- **2019-03-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-13** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 97 Nays: 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-14** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-14** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16** General Order, Considered
- **2019-04-16** Measure passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-04-17** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2019-04-17** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2019-04-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-22** Approved by Governor 04/22/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e16bfa2-0158-4c88-9502-cca5ae5d6745`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).