---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law enforcement mental wellness; providing for the creation and maintenance of a Mental Wellness Division. Effective date."
description: "Law enforcement mental wellness; providing for the creation and maintenance of a Mental Wellness Division. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 1613"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1613 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David", "Echols"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/622ab63d-ef46-4ae4-bc61-cd9e3aae7ce7"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1613&session=2200"
source_hash: "96866057437f581a0784adae24d7ff56711c54c161423c82996a16eaf1a21448"
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 1613 (2022) — Law enforcement mental wellness; providing for the creation and maintenance of a Mental Wellness Division. 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/2021-22 INT/SB/SB1613 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1613 CA1.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB1613 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB1613 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB1613 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB1613 SFLR.PDF)
7. **SB1613 (3-09-22) (DAVID) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1613 (3-09-22) (DAVID) RT FA1.PDF)

## Sponsors

- David — primary (person)
- Echols — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** Authored by Senator David
- **2022-02-08** Second Reading referred to Public Safety Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-21** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Coauthored by Representative Echols (principal House author)
- **2022-03-03** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-03** Title stricken
- **2022-03-24** General Order, Amended
- **2022-03-24** Title restored
- **2022-03-24** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-03-24** Coauthored by Senator Bullard
- **2022-03-28** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2022-03-28** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-30** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-12** CR; Do Pass Public Safety Committee `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-27** General Order
- **2022-04-27** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-27** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2022-04-27** Referred for enrollment
- **2022-04-28** Enrolled, to House
- **2022-04-28** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2022-04-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-02** Approved by Governor 05/02/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/622ab63d-ef46-4ae4-bc61-cd9e3aae7ce7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).