---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veteran burial; requiring certain veteran to have been a resident of this state. Effective date."
description: "Veteran burial; requiring certain veteran to have been a resident of this state. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1533"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1533 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith", "Stanley"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41572ad2-f5df-4ce1-86ef-61a8858a3b73"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1533&session=2600"
source_hash: "9a0a63bf7ea1a920c8e24e58e239a0687dfffcab97858cf482d5c657957b56eb"
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 1533 (2026) — Veteran burial; requiring certain veteran to have been a resident of this state. 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/SB1533 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1533 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1533 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1533 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1533 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Veterans & Military Affairs — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Health And Human Services Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- Veteran And Military Affairs Committee: Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)
- Stanley — 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 Stanley
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Reported Do Pass Veterans and Military Affairs committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-12** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Withdrawn from Appropriations committee
- **2026-02-17** Placed on General Order
- **2026-02-18** Coauthored by Representative Smith (principal House author)
- **2026-03-03** General Order, Considered
- **2026-03-03** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-04** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-03-04** 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 Veteran and Military Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-13** Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass Veteran and Military Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-16** CR; Do Pass Health and Human Services Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-28** General Order
- **2026-04-28** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-28** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-04-28** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-04-29** Enrolled, to House
- **2026-04-29** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-05** Approved by Governor 05/01/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41572ad2-f5df-4ce1-86ef-61a8858a3b73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).