---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oklahoma Children's Code; requiring Department of Human Services to communicate and share certain information with law enforcement. Emergency."
description: "Oklahoma Children's Code; requiring Department of Human Services to communicate and share certain information with law enforcement. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 1638"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1638 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Seifried", "Talley"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a352de0-9841-4480-a49b-4fc1216b83b0"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1638&session=2400"
source_hash: "158a1cc48cc2e7924624f34e68e596a1c91a8221aaf1567e4aac9b4742b179dc"
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 1638 (2024) — Oklahoma Children's Code; requiring Department of Human Services to communicate and share certain information with law enforcement. 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/SB1638 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB1638 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB1638 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB1638 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB1638 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Health & Human Services — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Children, Youth And Family Services Committee: Do Pass — **4–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Seifried — primary (person)
- Talley — 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 Seifried
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Coauthored by Representative Talley (principal House author)
- **2024-03-05** General Order, Considered
- **2024-03-05** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-06** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2024-03-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-25** Second Reading referred to Children, Youth and Family Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** CR; Do Pass Children, Youth and Family Services Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-16** General Order
- **2024-04-16** Coauthored by Representative(s) Swope
- **2024-04-16** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-16** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-16** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-04-17** Enrolled, to House
- **2024-04-17** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-23** Approved by Governor 04/22/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a352de0-9841-4480-a49b-4fc1216b83b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).