---
type: "Bill"
title: "Counties; authorizing grandchildren of veterans to view certain military discharge papers. Effective date."
description: "Counties; authorizing grandchildren of veterans to view certain military discharge papers. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2026"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 2026 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hines", "Miller"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03b40590-5d83-45cd-b72d-efdd378dee66"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB2026&session=2600"
source_hash: "cf58adf09367e083f132511ac25ed45f93e574a26d3f6f99222c3dcebb4595bd"
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 2026 (2026) — Counties; authorizing grandchildren of veterans to view certain military discharge papers. 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/SB2026 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB2026 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB2026 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB2026 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB2026 SFLR.PDF)
6. **SB2026 (3-17-26) (HINES) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB2026 (3-17-26) (HINES) FS FA1.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- Health And Human Services Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **85–0** (pass) · lower
- Veterans & Military Affairs — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Veteran And Military Affairs Committee: Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hines — primary (person)
- Miller — 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 Hines
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Reported Do Pass Veterans and Military Affairs committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-17** Placed on General Order
- **2026-03-25** Coauthored by Representative Miller (principal House author)
- **2026-03-26** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2026-03-26** Measure passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-30** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-03-30** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-31** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-31** 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`
- **2026-04-29** General Order
- **2026-04-29** Coauthored by Representative(s) Menz
- **2026-04-29** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-29** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-04-29** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-04-30** Enrolled, to House
- **2026-04-30** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-04-30** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-06** Approved by Governor 05/06/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03b40590-5d83-45cd-b72d-efdd378dee66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).