---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oklahoma Open Records Act; modifying definition. Effective date."
description: "Oklahoma Open Records Act; modifying definition. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 1574"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1574 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Floyd", "Townley"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0644eb2c-cef6-481d-9d35-863e9bcb6d0f"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1574&session=2400"
source_hash: "1ca1fc82933171316095e1fae93b325b7e1590d520c9213d4047b318d122c88d"
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 1574 (2024) — Oklahoma Open Records Act; modifying definition. 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/SB1574 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by TOWNLEY (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB1574 FA1 TOWNLEYTA-SW(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB1574 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB1574 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB1574 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB1574 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB1574 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- General Government Committee: Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **74–1** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Fourth Reading — **35–3** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **39–2** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **74–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Floyd — primary (person)
- Townley — 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 Floyd
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-08** Coauthored by Representative Townley (principal House author)
- **2024-02-22** General Order, Considered
- **2024-02-22** Measure passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-02-26** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2024-02-26** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-25** Second Reading referred to General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** CR; Do Pass General Government Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-25** House Rule suspended
- **2024-04-25** General Order
- **2024-04-25** Coauthored by Representative(s) Swope
- **2024-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 74 Nays: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** Third Reading, advancement rescinded, returned to General Order `reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** Amended by floor substitute
- **2024-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 74 Nays: 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-04-29** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-29** HAs read
- **2024-05-22** HAs adopted
- **2024-05-22** Measure passed: Ayes: 35 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2024-05-22** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-05-23** Enrolled, to House
- **2024-05-23** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-05-23** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-29** Approved by Governor 05/29/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0644eb2c-cef6-481d-9d35-863e9bcb6d0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).