---
type: "Bill"
title: "Death certificates; amendment of certificate or record; corrections of a death certificate after one year; emergency."
description: "Death certificates; amendment of certificate or record; corrections of a death certificate after one year; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 3931"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3931 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jech", "Stark"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94473ba6-342c-4cab-90ca-5da5aa850b5e"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3931&session=2600"
source_hash: "ae2ea0aaadd929f697e1179007501d32699f6eb7bc7e9d9d1ab14d2d85a43287"
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 3931 (2026) — Death certificates; amendment of certificate or record; corrections of a death certificate after one year; 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/HB3931 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB3931 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB3931 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB3931 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB3931 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3931 CS.PDF)
7. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3931 POLREC.PDF)
8. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3931 POLPCS1 MARILYN STARK-TJ.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Public Health Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Health & Human Services — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Health And Human Services Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jech — primary (person)
- Stark — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** Authored by Representative Stark
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Health `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-18** Emergency added
- **2026-02-26** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Authored by Senator Jech (principal Senate author)
- **2026-03-09** General Order
- **2026-03-09** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-10** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-10** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-20** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-22** Placed on General Order
- **2026-04-29** General Order, Considered
- **2026-04-29** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-29** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2026-04-29** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-04-30** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2026-04-30** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2026-04-30** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-07** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/07/2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94473ba6-342c-4cab-90ca-5da5aa850b5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).