---
type: "Bill"
title: "Choosing Childbirth Act; allowing out-of-state organizations to receive grants. Effective date."
description: "Choosing Childbirth Act; allowing out-of-state organizations to receive grants. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1503"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1503 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniels", "Lepak"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b598f31-35b1-4e9d-ac10-5242fdede847"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1503&session=2600"
source_hash: "33bd079888e7b2a5205b022b5c7059a17b75e466529bdb0fda802573aec9a2ac"
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 1503 (2026) — Choosing Childbirth Act; allowing out-of-state organizations to receive grants. 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/SB/SB1503 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by LEPAK** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB1503 FA1 LEPAKMA-TJ.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1503 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1503 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1503 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1503 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB1503 HCS.PDF)
8. **Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB1503 FULLPCS1 MARK LEPAK-TJ.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **38–5** (pass) · upper
- Health & Human Services — **10–2** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **73–18** (pass) · lower
- Health And Human Services Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **12–2** (pass) · lower
- Public Health Committee: Do Pass — **5–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniels — primary (person)
- Lepak — 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 Senator Daniels
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-18** Placed on General Order
- **2026-03-09** Coauthored by Representative Lepak (principal House author)
- **2026-03-11** General Order, Considered
- **2026-03-11** Measure passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 5 `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-12** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass Public Health `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-16** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-05** General Order
- **2026-05-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-05** Amendment restores bill to engrossed version `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-05** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 73 Nays: 18 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-05** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-05-05** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-05-05** Enrolled, to House
- **2026-05-05** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-05-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** Approved by Governor 05/07/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b598f31-35b1-4e9d-ac10-5242fdede847`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).