---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court-appointed special advocates; removing requirement for state association to adhere to certain national standards. Effective date."
description: "Court-appointed special advocates; removing requirement for state association to adhere to certain national standards. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1597"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1597 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gollihare", "Moore"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/474e855b-9bc7-48da-9915-ea2db906c19a"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1597&session=2600"
source_hash: "0aa0b722460e4383bca70520123e95ac2671d8dffaf03d1c905fc7836f08f651"
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 1597 (2026) — Court-appointed special advocates; removing requirement for state association to adhere to certain national standards. 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/SB1597 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1597 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1597 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1597 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1597 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **41–7** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **83–8** (pass) · lower
- Civil Judiciary Committee: Do Pass — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gollihare — primary (person)
- Moore — 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 Gollihare
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Coauthored by Senator Jett
- **2026-02-10** Coauthored by Senator Murdock
- **2026-02-10** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-12** Placed on General Order
- **2026-02-16** Coauthored by Representative Moore (principal House author)
- **2026-03-02** Coauthored by Senator Coleman
- **2026-03-02** Coauthored by Senator Pederson
- **2026-03-02** General Order, Considered
- **2026-03-02** Measure passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 7 `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-03** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-03-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Referred to Civil Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-06** Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Civil Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-14** CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-06** General Order
- **2026-05-06** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 8 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-06** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-05-06** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-05-06** Enrolled, to House
- **2026-05-06** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-05-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-13** Approved by Governor 05/12/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/474e855b-9bc7-48da-9915-ea2db906c19a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).