---
type: "Bill"
title: "World Health Organization; prohibiting enforcement of policies required or recommended by the World Health Organization. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "World Health Organization; prohibiting enforcement of policies required or recommended by the World Health Organization. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 426"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 426 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burns", "West (Rick)"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2024-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bf2dbba-d126-4010-b1df-9eee46ffb1ba"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB426&session=2400"
source_hash: "a7b12f833d25b57d0b6b1b0840b1565f070a5d7e2d319629bdfa5ed60382c5bd"
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 426 (2024) — World Health Organization; prohibiting enforcement of policies required or recommended by the World Health Organization. Effective date. 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/SB426 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by WEST** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB426 FA1 WESTRI-MAH.PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB426 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB426 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB426 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB426 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB426 SFLR.PDF)
8. **Senate Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCCS/SB426 CCS.PDF)

## Votes

- Committee On Judiciary — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Elections And Ethics Committee: Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **36–6** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **72–21** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **74–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burns — primary (person)
- West (Rick) — 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 Burns
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Coauthored by Senator Rogers
- **2023-02-28** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07** Coauthored by Representative West (Rick) (principal House author)
- **2023-03-08** General Order, Considered
- **2023-03-08** Measure passed: Ayes: 48 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-09** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-03-09** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Elections and Ethics `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** CR; Do Pass Elections and Ethics Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-24** General Order
- **2024-04-24** Coauthored by Representative(s) Williams, Gann, Steagall, Boles, Maynard, CrosswhiteHader, West (Kevin), Hays, Sims
- **2024-04-24** Coauthored by Senator(s) Jett, Hamilton
- **2024-04-24** Amended by floor substitute
- **2024-04-24** Emergency added
- **2024-04-24** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 72 Nays: 21 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-04-25** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-25** HAs read
- **2024-04-25** Coauthored by Senator Bullard
- **2024-04-25** Coauthored by Senator Deevers
- **2024-04-29** Coauthored by Senator Dahm
- **2024-04-30** Coauthored by Senator Stephens
- **2024-04-30** Coauthored by Senator Bergstrom
- **2024-05-02** Coauthored by Senator Pederson
- **2024-05-06** Coauthored by Senator Prieto
- **2024-05-06** Coauthored by Senator Murdock
- **2024-05-06** Coauthored by Representative Stark
- **2024-05-06** Coauthored by Representative Staires
- **2024-05-08** Coauthored by Representative Humphrey
- **2024-05-09** Coauthored by Senator Standridge
- **2024-05-14** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2024-05-16** SCs named Burns, Rosino, Howard, Rader, Floyd
- **2024-05-16** Conference granted, naming Conference Committee on Elections and Ethics
- **2024-05-27** CCR read
- **2024-05-29** CCR adopted
- **2024-05-29** Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 36 Nays: 6 `passage`
- **2024-05-29** CCR submitted
- **2024-05-30** CCR adopted
- **2024-05-30** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 74 Nays: 19 `passage`
- **2024-05-30** To Senate
- **2024-05-30** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled, to House
- **2024-05-30** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-05-30** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-05** Approved by Governor 06/05/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bf2dbba-d126-4010-b1df-9eee46ffb1ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).