---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure; clarifying evidentiary hearing requirements; effective date."
description: "Criminal procedure; clarifying evidentiary hearing requirements; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1693"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1693 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rader", "Worthen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b688654-8662-4737-a151-aef0b242e732"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1693&session=2600"
source_hash: "b23f6cba52a8f27cbbe414f911c4c2b14e2c695b6eb0c3d10fc491e155ba0807"
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 HB 1693 (2026) — Criminal procedure; clarifying evidentiary hearing requirements; 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/hB/HB1693 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB1693 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB1693 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB1693 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB1693 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **12–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **69–14** (pass) · lower
- Criminal Judiciary Committee: Do Pass — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Advance — **27–7** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **39–7** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary — **6–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rader — primary (person)
- Worthen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Authored by Representative Worthen
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Criminal Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Criminal Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04** CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04** Authored by Senator Rader (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-12** General Order
- **2025-03-12** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 69 Nays: 14 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-13** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-13** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-24** Placed on General Order
- **2025-05-01** General Order, Considered
- **2025-05-01** Measure passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 7 `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-05** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-05-05** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2025-05-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12** Approved by Governor 05/09/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b688654-8662-4737-a151-aef0b242e732`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).