---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public health and safety; food establishment licenses; modifying certain exemption; modifying rulemaking authority of the State Commissioner of Health; emergency."
description: "Public health and safety; food establishment licenses; modifying certain exemption; modifying rulemaking authority of the State Commissioner of Health; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1635"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1635 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rader", "Staires"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfda51e4-e28e-477a-a454-04b11b1fc890"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1635&session=2300"
source_hash: "7b40ae13970b32ae94a6fc13539f9e000016198392e3e5274fdb47c03717b8b3"
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 1635 (2023) — Public health and safety; food establishment licenses; modifying certain exemption; modifying rulemaking authority of the State Commissioner of Health; 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/2023-24 INT/hB/HB1635 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by STAIRES (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB1635 FA1 STAIRESCL-JL(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1635 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1635 PCS.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB1635 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB1635 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB1635 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB1635 SFLR.PDF)
9. **Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCSH/HB1635 SCSH.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Rader — primary (person)
- Staires — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Representative Staires
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Business and Commerce `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** CR; Do Pass Business and Commerce Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** General Order
- **2023-03-08** Authored by Senator Rader (principal Senate author)
- **2023-03-08** House Rule suspended
- **2023-03-08** Amended by floor substitute
- **2023-03-08** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 76 Nays: 18 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-09** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-09** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Business and Commerce `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business and Commerce committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03** Emergency added
- **2023-04-19** General Order, Considered
- **2023-04-19** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-04-20** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-04-20** SA's received
- **2023-05-09** SA's read, adopted
- **2023-05-09** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 79 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-05-10** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2023-05-10** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2023-05-10** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Approved by Governor 05/11/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cfda51e4-e28e-477a-a454-04b11b1fc890`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).