---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physician assistants; allowing physician assistant to sign death certificate subject to certain condition; modifying references relating to controlled dangerous substances. Effective date."
description: "Physician assistants; allowing physician assistant to sign death certificate subject to certain condition; modifying references relating to controlled dangerous substances. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 1322"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1322 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martinez", "Pugh"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aefaf57e-612e-4c26-a395-99a985e2ee24"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1322&session=2200"
source_hash: "015769c855e0ba5ce7cc74f4c329d90c120b97cf905a5032da421bb70ca8ee1b"
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 1322 (2022) — Physician assistants; allowing physician assistant to sign death certificate subject to certain condition; modifying references relating to controlled dangerous substances. Effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 INT/SB/SB1322 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB1322 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB1322 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB1322 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB1322 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Martinez — primary (person)
- Pugh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** Authored by Senator Garvin
- **2022-02-07** Remove as author Senator Garvin; authored by Senator Pugh
- **2022-02-07** Coauthored by Senator Garvin
- **2022-02-08** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-03** Coauthored by Representative Caldwell (Chad) (principal House author)
- **2022-03-15** General Order, Considered
- **2022-03-15** Measure passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-15** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-03-21** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2022-03-21** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-28** Second Reading referred to Public Health `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** CR; Do Pass Public Health Committee `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-25** Remove Representative Caldwell (Chad) as principal House author and substitute with Representative Martinez
- **2022-04-27** General Order
- **2022-04-27** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-27** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2022-04-27** Referred for enrollment
- **2022-04-28** Enrolled, to House
- **2022-04-28** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2022-04-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-03** Approved by Governor 05/03/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aefaf57e-612e-4c26-a395-99a985e2ee24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).