---
type: "Bill"
title: "Holidays; designating Veteran Suicide Awareness Day. Effective date."
description: "Holidays; designating Veteran Suicide Awareness Day. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 234"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 234 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergstrom", "Steagall"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90c24e59-4950-438c-ad12-e31f500f5cdd"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB234&session=2400"
source_hash: "17c28c7e58887e3f1ffec44ee3ebb8f3691bff721ca5c08b5fd323930694ba31"
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 234 (2024) — Holidays; designating Veteran Suicide Awareness Day. 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/SB234 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB234 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB234 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB234 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB234 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Veterans And Military Affairs Committee: Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee On Veterans & Military Affairs — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bergstrom — primary (person)
- Steagall — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Senator Bergstrom
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Reported Do Pass Veterans and Military Affairs committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** Coauthored by Representative Steagall (principal House author)
- **2023-03-21** General Order, Considered
- **2023-03-21** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2023-03-21** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-22** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-03-22** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** CR; Do Pass Veterans and Military Affairs Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-04** Coauthored by Representative(s) Rosecrants
- **2023-04-24** General Order
- **2023-04-24** Coauthored by Representative(s) Menz, Alonso-Sandoval
- **2023-04-24** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-24** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-24** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-25** Enrolled, to House
- **2023-04-25** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** Approved by Governor 05/01/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90c24e59-4950-438c-ad12-e31f500f5cdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).