---
type: "Bill"
title: "Counties and county officers; requiring the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to release certain liens on certain request of county treasurer. Effective date."
description: "Counties and county officers; requiring the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to release certain liens on certain request of county treasurer. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1198"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1198 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kerbs", "Mann"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/602f99ce-2df5-41ac-a8a0-2b6d86992cab"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1198&session=2600"
source_hash: "d97aa538d26cef866b5b85e11cdc0728bcff9a27708026f290b958f0ef7ac8e7"
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 1198 (2026) — Counties and county officers; requiring the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to release certain liens on certain request of county treasurer. 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/SB1198 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1198 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1198 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1198 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1198 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- County And Municipal Government Committee: Do Pass — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–4** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **79–2** (pass) · lower
- Government Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **16–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kerbs — primary (person)
- Mann — 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 Mann
- **2026-02-02** Coauthored by Representative Kerbs (principal House author)
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Local and County Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Reported Do Pass Local and County Government committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-12** Placed on General Order
- **2026-03-23** General Order, Considered
- **2026-03-23** Measure passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 4 `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-24** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-03-24** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Government Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Referred to County and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass County and Municipal Government `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-15** CR; Do Pass Government Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-29** General Order
- **2026-04-29** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 79 Nays: 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-29** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-04-29** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-04-29** Enrolled, to House
- **2026-04-29** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-05** Approved by Governor 05/01/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/602f99ce-2df5-41ac-a8a0-2b6d86992cab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).