---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and occupations; Oklahoma Funeral Directors and Embalmers Examination; effective date."
description: "Professions and occupations; Oklahoma Funeral Directors and Embalmers Examination; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1365"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1365 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvord", "Culver"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96a2dbc8-511c-4dc1-a167-885b8d292e3d"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1365&session=2600"
source_hash: "8d5b81c61a68f87d13c72232331d942e6556447043cba32620fd6189c5260ad9"
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 HB 1365 (2026) — Professions and occupations; Oklahoma Funeral Directors and Embalmers Examination; effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 INT/hB/HB1365 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB1365 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB1365 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB1365 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB1365 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **91–1** (pass) · lower
- Business Committee: Do Pass — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Commerce And Economic Development Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **14–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **43–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alvord — primary (person)
- Culver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Authored by Representative Culver
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Commerce and Economic Development Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Business `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Policy recommendation to the Commerce and Economic Development Oversight committee; Do Pass Business `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-25** CR; Do Pass Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-25** Authored by Senator Alvord (principal Senate author)
- **2025-02-27** General Order
- **2025-02-27** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-27** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-03** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Business and Insurance `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-17** Reported Do Pass Business and Insurance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-22** Placed on General Order
- **2025-04-28** General Order, Considered
- **2025-04-28** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-28** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2025-04-28** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-04-29** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-04-29** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2025-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-06** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/06/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96a2dbc8-511c-4dc1-a167-885b8d292e3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).