---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental health; prohibiting use of mechanical restraints during certain transport by Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services or contracted entity except under certain conditions. Emergency."
description: "Mental health; prohibiting use of mechanical restraints during certain transport by Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services or contracted entity except under certain conditions. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 286"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 286 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Roe"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51a95b68-92eb-47fc-b784-d483f296fd1c"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB286&session=2400"
source_hash: "9858b99cf187d114aca268297eda3bde2f03645c10cf0e38d1f3b2ed80ac09fb"
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 286 (2024) — Mental health; prohibiting use of mechanical restraints during certain transport by Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services or contracted entity except under certain conditions. 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/SB286 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB286 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB286 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB286 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB286 SFLR.PDF)
6. **SB286 (3-07-23) (HOWARD) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB286 (3-07-23) (HOWARD) FA1.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **89–1** (pass) · lower
- Committee On Health & Human Services — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Public Health Committee: Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Roe — 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 Howard
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Coauthored by Representative Roe (principal House author)
- **2023-02-23** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-14** General Order, Amended
- **2023-03-14** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-14** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-20** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-03-20** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Public Health `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** CR; Do Pass Public Health Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-20** General Order
- **2023-04-20** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-20** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-24** Enrolled, to House
- **2023-04-24** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** Approved by Governor 04/28/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51a95b68-92eb-47fc-b784-d483f296fd1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).