---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vital records; vital statistics; definition; corrections; birth certificates; death certificates; fetal death certificates; effective date; emergency."
description: "Vital records; vital statistics; definition; corrections; birth certificates; death certificates; fetal death certificates; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1688"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1688 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roe", "Stanley"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52433940-9681-41a2-b062-107c756d596a"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1688&session=2600"
source_hash: "97570c9c607e46baedf0376a20ee96fee458bbbce1d376d16176fe834b9df512"
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 1688 (2026) — Vital records; vital statistics; definition; corrections; birth certificates; death certificates; fetal death certificates; effective date; emergency.

## 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/HB1688 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB1688 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB1688 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB1688 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB1688 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1688 CS.PDF)
7. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1688 POLREC.PDF)
8. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1688 POLPCS1 CYNTHIA ROE-TJ.PDF)
9. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1688 POLPCS2 CYNTHIA ROE-TJ.PDF)

## Votes

- Health And Human Services Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Public Health Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Health & Human Services — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roe — primary (person)
- Stanley — 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 Roe
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Health `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-25** Authored by Senator Stanley (principal Senate author)
- **2025-02-25** Emergency added
- **2025-03-06** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-13** General Order
- **2025-03-13** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 79 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-17** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-17** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-16** Placed on General Order
- **2025-04-28** General Order, Considered
- **2025-04-28** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `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/52433940-9681-41a2-b062-107c756d596a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).