---
type: "Bill"
title: "Assault and battery; removing certain intent stipulation; expanding certain definition. Effective date."
description: "Assault and battery; removing certain intent stipulation; expanding certain definition. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 537"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 537 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boles", "Pugh"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dd174de-bb4f-4ade-9f8f-d922ef657662"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB537&session=2400"
source_hash: "8c2fd87c8a19ee13e0b13a387af6482edb85a5db0610a52d3bf52f623e487ee3"
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 537 (2024) — Assault and battery; removing certain intent stipulation; expanding certain definition. 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/2023-24 INT/SB/SB537 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB537 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB537 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB537 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB537 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Public Safety — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **89–5** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary - Criminal Committee: Do Pass — **6–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boles — primary (person)
- Pugh — 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 Pugh
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Public Safety Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Withdrawn from Appropriations committee
- **2023-02-23** Placed on General Order
- **2023-02-27** Coauthored by Representative Boles (principal House author)
- **2023-03-07** General Order, Considered
- **2023-03-07** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-08** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-03-08** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Criminal `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** CR; Do Pass Judiciary - Criminal Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26** General Order
- **2023-04-26** Coauthored by Representative(s) Roe
- **2023-04-26** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-27** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-26** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-27** Enrolled, to House
- **2023-04-27** Received from the House
- **2023-05-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-05** Approved by Governor 05/05/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8dd174de-bb4f-4ade-9f8f-d922ef657662`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).