---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Human Services; transferring certain offices to the State Department of Health. Effective date."
description: "Department of Human Services; transferring certain offices to the State Department of Health. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 1709"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1709 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Echols", "Rosino"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c00e3e4-3d38-4090-82c0-13bac586a03e"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1709&session=2400"
source_hash: "168644a5495224b01e21e88d0e8bd09dada5bb10c3fee360e7b14944205b842e"
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 1709 (2024) — Department of Human Services; transferring certain offices to the State Department of Health. 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/SB1709 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Amendment to Amendment by HEFNER (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB1709 FA2-A1 HEFNEREL-TJ(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **1 Floor Amendment by MCCALL** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB1709 FA1 MCCALLCH-TJ.PDF)
4. **2 Floor Amendment by ECHOLS (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB1709 FA2 ECHOLSJO-TJ(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
5. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB1709 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
6. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1709 PCS.PDF)
7. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB1709 CS.PDF)
8. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB1709 ENGR.PDF)
9. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB1709 ENR.PDF)
10. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB1709 HFLR.PDF)
11. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB1709 SFLR.PDF)
12. **SB1709 (2-20-24) (ROSINO) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1709 (2-20-24) (ROSINO) RT FA1.PDF)

## Votes

- Health & Human Services: Amd Sb1709 Pcs , Motion By Senator - Adopted (Request No: 3453) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Committee: Do Pass — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **61–30** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Echols — primary (person)
- Rosino — 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 Rosino
- **2024-02-05** Coauthored by Representative Echols (principal House author)
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-08** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-14** Title stricken
- **2024-02-15** Coauthored by Senator Pederson
- **2024-03-05** General Order, Amended
- **2024-03-05** Title restored
- **2024-03-05** Measure 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 Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** CR; Do Pass Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-25** House Rule suspended
- **2024-04-25** General Order
- **2024-04-25** Coauthored by Representative(s) Burns, Ford
- **2024-04-25** Amended by floor substitute
- **2024-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 61 Nays: 30 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-04-29** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-29** HAs read
- **2024-04-29** Coauthored by Representative Townley
- **2024-04-29** Coauthored by Representative May
- **2024-05-20** HAs adopted
- **2024-05-20** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2024-05-20** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-05-20** Coauthored by Senator Stephens
- **2024-05-21** Enrolled, to House
- **2024-05-21** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-05-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-23** Approved by Governor 05/23/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c00e3e4-3d38-4090-82c0-13bac586a03e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).