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type: "Bill"
title: "Oklahoma Open Records Act; requiring confidentiality of certain information."
description: "Oklahoma Open Records Act; requiring confidentiality of certain information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 970"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 970 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Floyd", "Townley"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2022-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/183ae7f9-1158-4504-af76-60a0a2caf1ef"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB970&session=2200"
source_hash: "798fa25e34e037265c9dbdb58c048c4acf9b521a1332a2b0587c2e8b55b76a21"
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 970 (2022) — Oklahoma Open Records Act; requiring confidentiality of certain information.
## 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/2021-22 INT/SB/SB970 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Amendment to Amendment by TOWNLEY (Untimely Filed)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB970 FA1-A1 TOWNLEYTA-MAH(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **1 Floor Amendment by TOWNLEY (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB970 FA1 TOWNLEYTA-AB(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
4. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB970 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
5. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB970 PCS.PDF)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB970 ENGR.PDF)
7. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB970 ENR.PDF)
8. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB970 HFLR.PDF)
9. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB970 SFLR.PDF)
10. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB970 CS.PDF)
## Sponsors
- Floyd — primary (person)
- Townley — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-01** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Authored by Senator Floyd
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09** Coauthored by Representative Boles (principal House author)
- **2021-03-01** General Order, Considered
- **2021-03-01** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-01** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-02** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-03-02** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading referred to General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Remove Representative Boles as principal House author and substitute with Representative Townley
- **2021-03-24** CR; Do Pass General Government Committee `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-27** General Order
- **2022-04-27** House Rule suspended
- **2022-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-27** Laid over
- **2022-04-27** Considered
- **2022-04-27** Coauthored by Representative(s) Provenzano
- **2022-04-27** Adoption of amendment rescinded
- **2022-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-27** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 4 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-27** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-04-28** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2022-04-28** HAs read
- **2022-05-12** HAs adopted
- **2022-05-12** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Referred for enrollment
- **2022-05-16** Enrolled, to House
- **2022-05-16** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2022-05-16** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-20** Approved by Governor 05/20/2022 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/183ae7f9-1158-4504-af76-60a0a2caf1ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).