republic-os/legislation/us/states/ok/2024/sb-538.md

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Bill	Childbirth; modifying grantmaking authority of State Department of Health under the Choosing Childbirth Act; stipulating additional reimbursable services. Effective date. Emergency.	Childbirth; modifying grantmaking authority of State Department of Health under the Choosing Childbirth Act; stipulating additional reimbursable services. Effective date. Emergency.	us/states/ok	Oklahoma Legislature	2024	SB 538	Oklahoma SB 538 (2024)	bill		enacted	Echols Treat	7	32	6	2023-02-06	2024-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/7cb866ac-5af2-4b14-8601-b5ca12d018f4	http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB538&session=2400	143525c1020d5f7e4ce57f78ef9e2cf6057ba6597ab9b6d2e84bdc9eece75ebf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ok

Oklahoma SB 538 (2024) — Childbirth; modifying grantmaking authority of State Department of Health under the Choosing Childbirth Act; stipulating additional reimbursable services. Effective date. Emergency.

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/SB538 INT.PDF)
2. 1 Floor Amendment by ECHOLS (UNTIMELY FILED) (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB538 FA1 ECHOLSJO-TJ(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. Amended And Engrossed (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB538 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB538 ENGR.PDF)
5. Enrolled (final version) (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB538 ENR.PDF)
6. Floor (House) (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB538 HFLR.PDF)
7. Floor (Senate) (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB538 SFLR.PDF)

Votes

• Third Reading — 84–10 (pass) · lower
• Rules Committee: Do Pass — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 86–10 (pass) · lower
• Committee On Health & Human Services — 10–2 (pass) · upper
• Fourth Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 41–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Echols — primary (person)
• Treat — 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 Treat
• 2023-02-07 Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-02-23 Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed committee-passage
• 2023-03-07 Coauthored by Representative McEntire (principal House author)
• 2023-03-08 General Order, Considered
• 2023-03-08 Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 7 passage
• 2023-03-08 Referred for engrossment
• 2023-03-09 Engrossed to House passage
• 2023-03-09 First Reading introduction, reading-1
• 2023-03-29 Second Reading referred to Rules reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-04-11 CR; Do Pass Rules Committee committee-passage
• 2024-04-17 Remove Representative McEntire as principal House author and substitute with Representative Echols
• 2024-04-23 House Rule suspended
• 2024-04-24 General Order
• 2024-04-24 Coauthored by Representative(s) Lepak
• 2024-04-24 Coauthored by Senator(s) Bullard
• 2024-04-24 Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 10 passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-24 Third Reading, advancement rescinded, returned to General Order reading-3
• 2024-04-24 Amended by floor substitute
• 2024-04-24 Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 10 passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-24 Referred for engrossment
• 2024-04-25 Engrossed, signed, to Senate passage
• 2024-04-25 HAs read
• 2024-04-25 Coauthored by Representative Wolfley
• 2024-05-29 HAs adopted
• 2024-05-29 Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0 passage
• 2024-05-29 Referred for enrollment
• 2024-05-30 Enrolled, to House
• 2024-05-30 Signed, returned to Senate
• 2024-05-30 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-31 Approved by Governor 05/31/2024 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7cb866ac-5af2-4b14-8601-b5ca12d018f4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).