Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma SB1484: Medicolegal investigations; broadening certain investigative requirements; requiring certain notice to parent or legal guardian. Effective date.
Status: Signed into law, May 6, 2026
What the bill says
An Act relating to medicolegal investigations; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1-317d, which relates to sudden unexplained infant death investigations; defining terms; broadening applicability of certain requirements; describing investigations; requiring certain documentation and reporting of specified cases; requiring certain notice to parent or legal guardian; conferring certain right on parent or legal guardian; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section 938, as amended by Section 3, Chapter 263, O.S.L. 2024 (63 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 938), which relates to types of deaths to be investigated…
From the enrolled text, April 30, 2026:
An Act relating to medicolegal investigations; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1-317d, which relates to sudden unexplained infant death investigations; defining terms; broadening applicability of certain requirements; describing investigations; requiring certain documentation and reporting of specified cases; requiring certain notice to parent or legal guardian; conferring certain right on parent or legal guardian; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section 938, as amended by Section 3, Chapter 263, O.S.L. 2024 (63 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 938), which relates to types of deaths to be investigated; requiring investigation of certain deaths; updating statutory reference; providing for recodification; and providing an effective date. SUBJECT: Medicolegal investigations of infant and child death SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1-317d, is amended to read as follows: Section 1-317d. A. As used in this section: 1. "Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome" (SADS) means the sudden and unexpected death due to cardiac arrhythmia, as determined by performance of an investigation, of a young, apparently healthy individual with no previously diagnosed structural heart disease; 2. "Sudden death in the young" (SDY) means the sudden and unexpected death of an individual younger than twenty (20) years of age due to natural causes including, but not limited to, sudden cardiac death or sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), which death remains unexplained after investigation; 3. "Sudden infant death syndrome" (SIDS) means …