---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer protection; prohibiting commercial entities from distributing adult material without age verification. Effective date."
description: "Consumer protection; prohibiting commercial entities from distributing adult material without age verification. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 1959"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1959 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvord", "Hasenbeck"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef5289e4-ddfa-440b-ba9c-93f58b56a8ad"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1959&session=2400"
source_hash: "2c6c7c8c7c3bd30bc57beabe11a23e23186085b17935d10c5be6d68c1d949695"
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 1959 (2024) — Consumer protection; prohibiting commercial entities from distributing adult material without age verification. 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/SB1959 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB1959 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB1959 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB1959 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB1959 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Rules Committee: Do Pass — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **79–13** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **41–5** (pass) · upper
- Business & Commerce — **12–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alvord — primary (person)
- Hasenbeck — 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 Alvord
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading referred to Business and Commerce `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Coauthored by Representative Hasenbeck (principal House author)
- **2024-02-19** Reported Do Pass Business and Commerce committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-21** Coauthored by Senator Bullard
- **2024-03-05** General Order, Considered
- **2024-03-05** Measure passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 5 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-05** Coauthored by Senator Jett
- **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`
- **2024-04-11** CR; Do Pass Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-11** Coauthored by Representative(s) Maynard
- **2024-04-23** General Order
- **2024-04-23** Coauthored by Representative(s) Roe
- **2024-04-23** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 79 Nays: 13 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-23** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-23** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-04-23** Coauthored by Representative Stark
- **2024-04-24** Enrolled, to House
- **2024-04-24** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-26** Approved by Governor 04/26/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef5289e4-ddfa-440b-ba9c-93f58b56a8ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).