SB 1983 Oklahoma Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Foster care; requiring the Department of Human Services to provide certain data to resource family partners. Effective date.

SB 1983 requires Oklahoma's Department of Human Services to provide resource family partners (private agencies supporting foster homes) with specific, monthly foster care data to help improve outcomes for children and identify system needs. The data includes aggregated, de-identified information on daily placement gaps, demographic and geographic patterns of foster children and parents, high-need areas with few available placements, placement disruptions, sibling separations, and distance from home communities. This data must be shared at regular monthly intervals starting November 1, 2026. The bill directly affects foster care agencies and the children they serve by enabling data-driven decisions about placement and support. It does not change foster care eligibility or funding but mandates transparency in system performance metrics.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Feb 2, 2026 Signed May 13, 2026
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Floor (House) Floor (Senate) · 3 edits
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The bill was converted from the House version to the Senate floor version, updating the header, title, and committee report details to reflect Senate proceedings. The substantive policy content regarding data sharing requirements for foster care resource family partners remains unchanged.
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Updated document headers and titles to reflect the Senate Floor Version instead of the House Floor Version.

Changed the committee report attribution from the House Committee on Health and Human Services Oversight to the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.

Adjusted page numbers and formatting to align with Senate bill standards.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 16, 2026 · House May 6, 2026

How they voted

500
Passed
Total votes 50
Feb 16, 2026
D Democratic9
9 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican41
41 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
24
Key actions
7
Committee
6
May 13, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 05/12/2026
upper
May 6, 2026
Committee
Referred for enrollment
upper
May 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 0
lower
Apr 16, 2026
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Health and Human Services Oversight Committee
lower
Apr 8, 2026
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass Children, Youth and Family Services
lower
Mar 30, 2026
Committee
Referred to Children, Youth and Family Services
lower
Feb 17, 2026
Introduced
First Reading
lower
Feb 17, 2026
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Feb 16, 2026
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Feb 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 48 Nays: 0
upper
Feb 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed
upper
Feb 2, 2026
Introduced
First Reading
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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