---
type: "Bill"
title: "Perpetual Care Fund Act; modifying application requirements for permits. Effective date."
description: "Perpetual Care Fund Act; modifying application requirements for permits. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 544"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 544 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Montgomery", "Tedford"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a327b28-a72d-4fc6-94e5-893eb500fa12"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB544&session=2300"
source_hash: "5efe480f61958d6ae04ccfbe38eea3a4940da969edd050d8df14425b7cefd9b7"
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 544 (2023) — Perpetual Care Fund Act; modifying application requirements for permits. 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/2023-24 INT/SB/SB544 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB544 CA1.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB544 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB544 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB544 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB544 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Montgomery — primary (person)
- Tedford — 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 Senator Montgomery
- **2023-02-06** Coauthored by Representative Sneed (principal House author)
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Retirement and Insurance `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Reported Do Pass as amended Retirement and Insurance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-21** General Order, Considered
- **2023-03-21** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2023-03-21** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-22** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-03-22** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to County and Municipal Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** CR; Do Pass County and Municipal Government Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-19** Remove Representative Sneed as principal House author and substitute with Representative Tedford
- **2023-04-26** General Order
- **2023-04-26** Coauthored by Representative(s) Sneed
- **2023-04-26** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-26** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-27** Enrolled, to House
- **2023-04-27** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-27** Received from the House
- **2023-05-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-05** Approved by Governor 05/05/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a327b28-a72d-4fc6-94e5-893eb500fa12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).