---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Commissioner of Health; exempting Commissioner from certain qualifications under certain conditions; creating the position of Chief Medical Officer. Emergency."
description: "State Commissioner of Health; exempting Commissioner from certain qualifications under certain conditions; creating the position of Chief Medical Officer. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 709"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 709 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roe", "Rosino"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2022-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d7ac445-b21c-4d0f-b8f5-c1960667f5f5"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB709&session=2200"
source_hash: "e36bfedcec34e782cc243241f34eed408978a97d5dc2ff1f0649c4234785f9a5"
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 709 (2022) — State Commissioner of Health; exempting Commissioner from certain qualifications under certain conditions; creating the position of Chief Medical Officer. Emergency.

## 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/SB709 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB709 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB709 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB709 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB709 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB709 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB709 HCS.PDF)
8. **SB709 FULLPCS1 CYNTHIA ROE-KN.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB709 FULLPCS1 CYNTHIA ROE-KN.PDF)
9. **SB709 FULLPCS1-AMD1 CYNTHIA ROE-KN.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB709 FULLPCS1-AMD1 CYNTHIA ROE-KN.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Roe — primary (person)
- Rosino — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Authored by Senator McCortney
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Remove as author Senator McCortney; authored by Senator Rosino
- **2022-02-14** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-17** Coauthored by Representative Roe (principal House author)
- **2022-03-14** General Order, Considered
- **2022-03-14** Measure passed: Ayes: 31 Nays: 15 `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Emergency failed: Ayes: 31 Nays: 15
- **2022-03-14** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-03-15** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2022-03-15** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-28** Second Reading referred to Public Health `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Health Committee `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-13** Emergency added
- **2022-04-20** General Order
- **2022-04-20** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 68 Nays: 20 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-20** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-04-21** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2022-04-21** HAs read
- **2022-04-25** HAs adopted
- **2022-04-25** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2022-04-25** Enrolled, to House
- **2022-04-25** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2022-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-26** Approved by Governor 04/26/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d7ac445-b21c-4d0f-b8f5-c1960667f5f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).