Children; Office of Juvenile System Oversight; definition; inspections; privately-operated facilities; complaints; records; budgets; interview; subpoena; hearings; emergency.
HB 1574 creates the Office of Juvenile System Oversight to inspect and investigate Oklahoma's children's facilities, including privately operated ones receiving state or federal funds. The office can examine records, budgets, and facilities; investigate complaints (including those from foster parents about retaliation); subpoena witnesses; and hold public hearings. It specifically protects foster parents who report issues by prohibiting retaliation for filing grievances or cooperating with investigations. The bill also requires annual reports to state leaders and became law without a governor's signature on May 14, 2025, under an emergency clause.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Signed May 14, 2025
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The bill was revised from the House version to the Senate version, primarily updating formatting, header information, and renumbering of subsections. The core policy content regarding the Office of Juvenile System Oversight's inspection and complaint investigation duties remains substantively unchanged, though some text reordering and minor wording adjustments were made.
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Header information was updated from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' with revised session dates and sponsor formatting.
Section numbering and subsection lettering were reorganized (e.g., B. E., 4. 6., 5. 7.) to reflect Senate formatting conventions while maintaining the same substantive provisions.
Minor wording adjustments were made, such as changing 'privately-operated' to 'privately operated' and reordering some list items for consistency.
A new Section 2 was added declaring an emergency, which was not present in the House version shown in the diff.
Floor votes · Senate May 6, 2025 · House Mar 11, 2025
How they voted
39–9
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 49
May 6, 2025
D
Democratic9
88% Yea
R
Republican40
77% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
7
Committee
6
May 6, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
lower
May 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed measure signed, returned to House
upper
May 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 8
upper
Apr 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 3
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Health and Human Services Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass Children, Youth and Family Services
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Children, Youth and Family Services
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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