Public health and safety; Oklahoma Open Meeting Act; Oklahoma Open Records Act; public trust hospitals; exemptions; effective date.
House Bill 1738 creates exemptions for certain entities involving public trust hospitals from the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act and Oklahoma Open Records Act. It specifies that not-for-profit entities formed through joint ventures or acquisitions by public trust hospitals will not be subject to these public transparency laws. The bill also makes specific proprietary information, such as marketing plans or financial statements, submitted to or compiled by the public trust confidential. However, budgetary information related to appropriations remains subject to the Open Meeting and Open Records Acts. This legislation directly affects public trust hospitals and the entities they partner with, along with the public's access to certain information from these organizations.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Last action May 15, 2025
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The bill was amended to reflect Senate floor version formatting changes, including updated headers, page numbering, and committee report information. The substantive policy content regarding public trust hospital exemptions from open meeting and records laws remains unchanged.
TECHNICAL
Header changed from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' with updated date of April 15, 2025
Page footers updated from 'HB1738 HFLR' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB1738 SFLR' with adjusted formatting
Committee report section changed from 'COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY OVERSIGHT' to 'COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY' with updated date
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
7
Committee
6
May 7, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
lower
May 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed measure signed, returned to House
upper
May 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 6
upper
Apr 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed
upper
Mar 17, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 5
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Civil Judiciary
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Civil Judiciary
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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