---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public health and safety; adding exception to certain defined term; effective date."
description: "Public health and safety; adding exception to certain defined term; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1987"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1987 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dollens", "Rader"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a165d9bd-e522-4ba7-baba-09d4153755e2"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1987&session=2400"
source_hash: "87e46221d418aad1e8bda82957501b5d9ea029d7a443b54e9860ee4852d88e87"
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 1987 (2024) — Public health and safety; adding exception to certain defined term; 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/hB/HB1987 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB1987 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB1987 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB1987 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB1987 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Health & Human Services — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **58–22** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Alcohol, Tobacco And Controlled Substances Committee: Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dollens — primary (person)
- Rader — 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 Dollens
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** CR; Do Pass Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-23** General Order
- **2023-03-23** Coauthored by Representative(s) Pae, Luttrell, Echols, Waldron, Hefner
- **2023-03-23** Authored by Senator Rader (principal Senate author)
- **2023-03-23** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 58 Nays: 22 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-27** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-27** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** Coauthored by Representative Deck
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25** General Order, Considered
- **2023-04-25** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-26** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2023-04-26** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2023-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-02** Approved by Governor 05/02/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a165d9bd-e522-4ba7-baba-09d4153755e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).