Hospitals; imposing certain duties on hospital in cases of fetal death or miscarriage; requiring State Department of Health to publish certain form. Effective date.
This bill requires Oklahoma hospitals to provide patients experiencing fetal death or miscarriage with a form explaining how to request official certificates (fetal death or stillbirth birth certificates) before discharge. Hospitals must also verbally inform patients about these certificate options. The State Department of Health must create and publish this standardized form online, including clear instructions and contact details for vital records. The law takes effect November 1, 2026, directly affecting hospitals and patients in Oklahoma facing these medical circumstances.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House Passage
Apr 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Feb 2, 2026
Signed May 5, 2026
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MINOR
The bill was moved from the House to the Senate floor, where the text was reorganized and the specific requirements for the hospital form were significantly altered. The House version required hospitals to provide a form explaining how to request a fetal death certificate, while the Senate version expands this to also include instructions for requesting a birth certificate resulting in stillbirth. Additionally, the Senate version adds the specific contact information for the Division of Vital Records to the required form.
Scope change
The scope of the required form expanded to include instructions for requesting birth certificates resulting in stillbirth, in addition to fetal death certificates.
REQUIREMENT
The required form now must explain the process for requesting both fetal death certificates and birth certificates resulting in stillbirth, whereas the House version only mentioned fetal death certificates.
The required form must now explicitly include contact information for the Division of Vital Records of the Department.
TECHNICAL
The bill's header and committee report metadata were updated to reflect the Senate floor version, including a new effective date of November 1, 2026.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 25, 2026 · House Apr 28, 2026
How they voted
49–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 50
Mar 25, 2026
D
Democratic9
100% Yea
R
Republican41
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
7
Committee
6
May 5, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 05/01/2026
upper
Apr 28, 2026
Committee
Referred for enrollment
upper
Apr 28, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0
lower
Apr 16, 2026
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Health and Human Services Oversight Committee
lower
Apr 1, 2026
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass Public Health
lower
Mar 30, 2026
Committee
Referred to Public Health
lower
Mar 26, 2026
Introduced
First Reading
lower
Mar 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Mar 25, 2026
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Mar 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 47 Nays: 0
upper
Mar 2, 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
Sponsors
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