---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court proceedings; extending authorization for videoconferencing to certain appearances. Effective date."
description: "Court proceedings; extending authorization for videoconferencing to certain appearances. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 1711"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1711 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Worthen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3646fcf7-e9a0-4772-bbec-b492d5a86f3c"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1711&session=2400"
source_hash: "990a7c3e0c08895144af14f02772469b48fb9b67a921b80bb9b4cb2a020932f9"
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 1711 (2024) — Court proceedings; extending authorization for videoconferencing to certain appearances. 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/SB1711 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB1711 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB1711 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB1711 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB1711 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Judiciary - Civil Committee: Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **82–3** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **41–2** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Worthen — 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 Howard
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22** Coauthored by Representative Worthen (principal House author)
- **2024-03-04** General Order, Considered
- **2024-03-04** Measure passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-05** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2024-03-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-25** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Civil `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28** CR; Do Pass Judiciary - Civil Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-28** Coauthored by Senator(s) Rogers
- **2024-04-16** General Order
- **2024-04-16** Coauthored by Representative(s) Swope
- **2024-04-16** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 82 Nays: 3 `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`
- **2024-04-22** Approved by Governor 04/19/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3646fcf7-e9a0-4772-bbec-b492d5a86f3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).