---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of Homeland Security; transferring the Office of Homeland Security from the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management to the Department of Public Safety. Emergency."
description: "Office of Homeland Security; transferring the Office of Homeland Security from the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management to the Department of Public Safety. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 1371"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1371 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George", "Paxton"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c9762cc-d7bd-4232-89fe-295aa5d2518f"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1371&session=2400"
source_hash: "d2af1983dd5d8f49796e27991c154cc212a3de9b68e3f0d94796cecfd723488d"
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 1371 (2024) — Office of Homeland Security; transferring the Office of Homeland Security from the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management to the Department of Public Safety. 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/SB/SB1371 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by FUGATE** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB1371 FA1 FUGATEAN-GRS.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1371 PCS.PDF)
4. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB1371 CS.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB1371 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB1371 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB1371 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB1371 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Public Safety: Amd Sb1371 Pcs , Motion By Senator - Adopted (Request No: 3470) — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **38–5** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **68–11** (pass) · lower
- Public Safety Committee: Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- George — primary (person)
- Paxton — 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 Senator Paxton
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-08** Coauthored by Representative George (principal House author)
- **2024-02-20** General Order, Considered
- **2024-02-20** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 5 `passage`
- **2024-02-20** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-02-21** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2024-02-21** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-25** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** CR; Do Pass Public Safety Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-25** General Order
- **2024-04-25** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 68 Nays: 11 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-04-29** Enrolled, to House
- **2024-04-29** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Approved by Governor 05/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c9762cc-d7bd-4232-89fe-295aa5d2518f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).