SB 672: Emergency management; prohibiting Governor from closing businesses under certain circumstances; requiring due process for businesses ordered to close. Effective date. Emergency. - Oklahoma

Floor (House) → Floor (Senate) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was transitioned from the House version to the Senate version, with significant text restructuring and the addition of a new provision restricting the Governor's authority to close businesses during a pandemic. The Senate version includes a requirement that the Governor must have documented scientific evidence showing a business directly contributes to disease spreading before ordering it to close, along with a notice and hearing requirement for businesses deemed nonessential.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include explicit protections for businesses during pandemic emergencies, limiting executive authority to close businesses without scientific justification and procedural safeguards.

REQUIREMENT

New restriction preventing the Governor from closing businesses without documented scientific evidence that the business directly contributes to disease spreading during a pandemic.

New requirement for the Governor to provide notice and a hearing to businesses before ordering them to close.

TEXT

Reorganized bill structure and formatting to reflect Senate floor version with updated header information and sponsor lists.

Enrolled (final version) → Floor (House) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was revised from Senate to House version, primarily changing the enrolled header format and reordering sponsor names. The substantive policy content regarding emergency management powers, business closure restrictions, and due process requirements remains identical between versions.

TECHNICAL

Removed 'ENROLLED SENATE' header and Senate-only sponsor list from the official title page

Added 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION' header and updated sponsor order to reflect House floor version

Reformatted page numbers and added committee amendment notation markers for House floor version

Engrossed → Enrolled (final version) · 1 edit · Apr 23, 2025

MINOR

The bill was finalized from its engrossed version to enrolled version, adding several co-sponsors to the Senate and House while maintaining the same emergency management provisions. The substantive policy content remains unchanged between versions, with no modifications to the Governor's emergency powers, business closure restrictions, or statutory amendments.

TECHNICAL

Additional co-sponsors were added to the bill in the enrolled version, including Maynard, Hill, Woolley, Steagall, and Staires from the House, and Bullard from the Senate.

Introduced → Engrossed · 3 edits · Mar 26, 2025

MINOR

This bill was amended from its original introduction to its engrossed version, primarily adding new substantive protections for businesses during pandemics. The most significant change is the addition of Section F, which prohibits the Governor from closing businesses without documented scientific evidence that the business directly contributes to disease spreading, and requires notice and hearing before such closures. The bill also updated formatting, sponsor information, and page numbering throughout the document.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include explicit pandemic-specific business closure protections that were not present in the original version.

REQUIREMENT

Added Section F requiring documented scientific evidence before the Governor can close businesses during a pandemic, and mandating notice and hearing procedures before issuing executive orders against businesses.

TECHNICAL

Updated sponsor information to include additional co-sponsors (Jett, Deevers, Hamilton, Gillespie of Senate and West and Chapman of House) and changed the bill status from 'AS INTRODUCED' to 'ENGROSSED SENATE'.

Reformatted page headers and line numbering throughout the document to reflect engrossed version standards.

Emergency management; prohibiting Governor from closing businesses under certain circumstances; requiring due process for businesses ordered to close. Effective date. Emergency.

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