Oklahoma Adoption Code; modifying applicability of certain confidentiality provisions. Emergency.
SB 1655 modifies Oklahoma's adoption confidentiality rules to allow limited sharing of identifying information under specific conditions. It permits biological and adoptive parents to mutually agree in writing to share identifying details, with court and agency notification. The bill also allows the Department of Human Services to share adoptive parent contact information with healthcare providers managing an adopted child's "Children’s Specialty Plan" for medical continuity. Most adoption records remain confidential, with exceptions only for these two scenarios, and the law takes immediate effect due to an emergency declaration.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Feb 2, 2026
Signed May 11, 2026
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The bill text was updated from the House version to the Senate version, primarily changing the header information, date, and committee report details. The actual legal text regarding adoption record confidentiality remains identical, with no substantive changes to policy, eligibility, or enforcement.
TECHNICAL
Updated the document header to reflect the Senate Floor Version and changed the date to February 10, 2026.
Revised the committee report section to list only the Committee on Judiciary instead of the combined Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 26, 2026 · House May 4, 2026
How they voted
42–0
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 50
Mar 26, 2026
D
Democratic9
88% Yea
R
Republican41
82% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
7
Committee
6
May 11, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 05/07/2026
upper
May 4, 2026
Committee
Referred for enrollment
upper
May 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 3
lower
Apr 14, 2026
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
lower
Apr 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Civil Judiciary
lower
Mar 31, 2026
Committee
Referred to Civil Judiciary
lower
Mar 30, 2026
Introduced
First Reading
lower
Mar 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Mar 26, 2026
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Mar 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 0
upper
Feb 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed
upper
Feb 2, 2026
Introduced
First Reading
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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