---
type: "Bill"
title: "Legal representation for children and parents; creating the Family Representation and Advocacy Act. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Legal representation for children and parents; creating the Family Representation and Advocacy Act. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 907"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 907 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Lawson"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 42
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/940e55df-f8c4-498c-acb0-1ab2a12d25ca"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB907&session=2300"
source_hash: "5eeb4f4bb92d9ab13917a51e29b4808f810c500e9df1f5daf79012d3728d1b79"
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 907 (2023) — Legal representation for children and parents; creating the Family Representation and Advocacy Act. Effective date. Emergency.

## 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/2023-24 INT/SB/SB907 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by WALLACE** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB907 FA1 WALLACEKE-CC.PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB907 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB907 PCS.PDF)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB907 CS.PDF)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB907 ENGR.PDF)
7. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB907 ENR.PDF)
8. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB907 HFLR.PDF)
9. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB907 SFLR.PDF)
10. **SB907 (3-06-23) (ROSINO) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB907 (3-06-23) (ROSINO) RT FA1.PDF)
11. **Senate Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCCS/SB907 CCS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Senator Rosino
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Judiciary Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Coauthored by Representative Lawson (principal House author)
- **2023-02-14** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Title stricken
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-21** General Order, Amended
- **2023-03-21** Title restored
- **2023-03-21** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-21** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-22** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-03-22** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Civil `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** CR; Do Pass Judiciary - Civil Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-19** General Order
- **2023-04-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-19** Title stricken
- **2023-04-19** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-04-20** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-04-20** HAs read
- **2023-04-20** Coauthored by Representative Munson
- **2023-04-25** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-11** SCs named Rosino, Howard, Gollihare, Newhouse, Montgomery, Hall, Floyd
- **2023-05-19** Conference granted, naming Conference Committee on Judiciary - Civil
- **2023-05-23** Remove as author Senator Rosino; authored by Senator Howard
- **2023-05-24** CCR read
- **2023-05-24** Title restored
- **2023-05-24** Emergency added
- **2023-05-25** CCR adopted
- **2023-05-25** Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-25** CCR submitted
- **2023-05-26** CCR adopted
- **2023-05-26** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 96 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-26** To Senate
- **2023-05-26** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-05-26** Enrolled, to House
- **2023-05-26** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-05-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-07** Approved by Governor 06/07/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/940e55df-f8c4-498c-acb0-1ab2a12d25ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).