---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims; establishing Court of Existing Claims Division of the Court of Civil Appeals; transferring certain duties to Administrative Director of Courts. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims; establishing Court of Existing Claims Division of the Court of Civil Appeals; transferring certain duties to Administrative Director of Courts. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 1456"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1456 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kannady", "Treat"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4be92a33-bdb2-4b1c-9f7b-6701292f1fd7"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1456&session=2400"
source_hash: "a1e99be207890dd154eadd27db0bc3929f9db7e72fdb2f76ef8d7a3d37b6affd"
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 1456 (2024) — Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims; establishing Court of Existing Claims Division of the Court of Civil Appeals; transferring certain duties to Administrative Director of Courts. Effective date. 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/SB1456 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by KANNADY** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB1456 FA1 KANNADYCH-MAH.PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB1456 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB1456 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB1456 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB1456 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB1456 SFLR.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB1456 HCS.PDF)
9. **SB1456 (3-04-24) (TREAT) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1456 (3-04-24) (TREAT) FA1.PDF)
10. **SB1456 FULLPCS1 CHRIS KANNADY-MAH.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB1456 FULLPCS1 CHRIS KANNADY-MAH.PDF)

## Votes

- Judiciary - Civil Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **42–3** (pass) · upper
- Appropriations — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kannady — primary (person)
- Treat — 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 Treat
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading referred to Judiciary Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Reported Do Pass as amended Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-13** Title stricken
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Reported Do Pass Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-28** Coauthored by Representative Kannady (principal House author)
- **2024-03-11** General Order, Amended
- **2024-03-11** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-12** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2024-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-25** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Civil `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-08** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary - Civil Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-15** General Order
- **2024-04-15** Laid over
- **2024-04-25** Considered
- **2024-04-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-25** Title restored
- **2024-04-25** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 77 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-04-29** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-29** HAs read
- **2024-05-02** HAs adopted
- **2024-05-02** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2024-05-02** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-05-02** Enrolled, to House
- **2024-05-02** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-05-02** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** Approved by Governor 05/06/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4be92a33-bdb2-4b1c-9f7b-6701292f1fd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).