---
type: "Bill"
title: "Long-term care; Oklahoma Health Care Authority; PACE program; agreements; enforcement; regulations; exemption; rules; Adult Day Care Act; Home Care Act; modifying definitions; emergency."
description: "Long-term care; Oklahoma Health Care Authority; PACE program; agreements; enforcement; regulations; exemption; rules; Adult Day Care Act; Home Care Act; modifying definitions; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 3238"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3238 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garvin", "Lawson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e776b9f-bcc5-467b-8b3f-f6b47a8dc225"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3238&session=2400"
source_hash: "d979859e8e2ede169b0a5a8da465f4ef2988b60bad0bfc94cee484354e92d3e6"
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 3238 (2024) — Long-term care; Oklahoma Health Care Authority; PACE program; agreements; enforcement; regulations; exemption; rules; Adult Day Care Act; Home Care Act; modifying definitions; 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/HB3238 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB3238 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB3238 PCS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB3238 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB3238 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB3238 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB3238 SFLR.PDF)
8. **Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCSH/HB3238 SCSH.PDF)

## Votes

- Children, Youth And Family Services Committee: Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **82–0** (pass) · lower
- Health & Human Services — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **84–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Garvin — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** Authored by Representative Lawson
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading referred to Children, Youth and Family Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Withdrawn from Children, Youth and Family Services Committee
- **2024-02-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Children, Youth and Family Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** CR; Do Pass Children, Youth and Family Services Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-28** Authored by Senator Garvin (principal Senate author)
- **2024-03-05** General Order
- **2024-03-05** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-06** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-06** Coauthored by Representative Waldron
- **2024-03-19** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-11** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-11** Emergency added
- **2024-04-22** General Order, Considered
- **2024-04-22** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-04-23** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2024-04-23** SA's received
- **2024-05-07** SA's read, adopted
- **2024-05-07** Coauthored by Representative(s) Hefner, Pittman
- **2024-05-07** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 82 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2024-05-07** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-05-08** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2024-05-08** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2024-05-08** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-13** Approved by Governor 05/13/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e776b9f-bcc5-467b-8b3f-f6b47a8dc225`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).