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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Abstracting; modifying requirements under the Oklahoma Abstractors Act; providing exception for determination of unnecessary delay; increasing certain civil penalties."
+description: "Abstracting; modifying requirements under the Oklahoma Abstractors Act; providing exception for determination of unnecessary delay; increasing certain civil penalties."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
+legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 979"
+citation: "Oklahoma SB 979 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "McEntire"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2023-02-06"
+last_action: "2024-05-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8753798f-ff18-420e-9bd6-b619fdd83169"
+source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB979&session=2400"
+source_hash: "49fd237dfae8fd8b642c9234d91034e563b51f0a0048aaca57e2eb313c270fce"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ok"]
+---
+
+# Oklahoma SB 979 (2024) — Abstracting; modifying requirements under the Oklahoma Abstractors Act; providing exception for determination of unnecessary delay; increasing certain civil penalties.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 INT/SB/SB979 INT.PDF)
+2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB979 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
+3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB979 ENGR.PDF)
+4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB979 ENR.PDF)
+5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB979 HFLR.PDF)
+6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB979 SFLR.PDF)
+7. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB979 HCS.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- Fourth Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- Business And Commerce Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+- Business & Commerce — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Howard — primary (person)
+- McEntire — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-02-06** Authored by Senator Howard
+- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Business and Commerce `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-07** Coauthored by Representative McEntire (principal House author)
+- **2023-02-08** Coauthored by Senator Bullard
+- **2023-02-13** Reported Do Pass Business and Commerce committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-23** General Order, Considered
+- **2023-02-23** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
+- **2023-02-23** Referred for engrossment
+- **2023-02-27** Engrossed to House `passage`
+- **2023-02-27** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Business and Commerce `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-13** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business and Commerce Committee `committee-passage`
+- **2024-04-25** General Order
+- **2024-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 78 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-04-25** Referred for engrossment
+- **2024-04-29** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
+- **2024-04-29** HAs read
+- **2024-05-22** HAs adopted
+- **2024-05-22** Measure passed: Ayes: 36 Nays: 0 `passage`
+- **2024-05-22** Referred for enrollment
+- **2024-05-23** Enrolled, to House
+- **2024-05-23** Signed, returned to Senate
+- **2024-05-23** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-28** Approved by Governor 05/28/2024 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8753798f-ff18-420e-9bd6-b619fdd83169`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).
+