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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Professions and occupations; enacting the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact and authorizing the Governor to enter into Compact with certain jurisdictions. Effective date."
+description: "Professions and occupations; enacting the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact and authorizing the Governor to enter into Compact with certain jurisdictions. Effective date."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
+legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 540"
+citation: "Oklahoma SB 540 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Harris", "Stanley"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2025-02-03"
+last_action: "2026-05-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66ebc588-ad7a-4dc2-bfbe-2a3983553ff5"
+source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB540&session=2600"
+source_hash: "0af841502db3523b24ab3e95124a11c5dac5a21f6c1108c8d780659b1f2b87ac"
+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 540 (2026) — Professions and occupations; enacting the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact and authorizing the Governor to enter into Compact with certain jurisdictions. Effective date.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 INT/SB/SB540 INT.PDF)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB540 ENGR.PDF)
+3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB540 ENR.PDF)
+4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB540 HFLR.PDF)
+5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB540 SFLR.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **75–13** (pass) · lower
+- Business Committee: Do Pass — **9–2** (pass) · lower
+- Health & Human Services — **7–4** (pass) · upper
+- Commerce And Economic Development Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **11–3** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **35–12** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Harris — primary (person)
+- Stanley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-02-03** Authored by Senator Stanley
+- **2025-02-03** Coauthored by Representative Harris (principal House author)
+- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-24** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-26** Placed on General Order
+- **2026-02-02** Coauthored by Senator Mann
+- **2026-02-04** Coauthored by Senator Kirt
+- **2026-02-11** General Order, Considered
+- **2026-02-11** Measure passed: Ayes: 35 Nays: 12 `passage`
+- **2026-02-11** Referred for engrossment
+- **2026-02-12** Engrossed to House `passage`
+- **2026-02-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Commerce and Economic Development Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-30** Referred to Business `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-31** Policy recommendation to the Commerce and Economic Development Oversight committee; Do Pass Business `committee-passage`
+- **2026-04-14** CR; Do Pass Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
+- **2026-04-14** Coauthored by Representative(s) Fetgatter
+- **2026-05-06** General Order
+- **2026-05-06** Coauthored by Representative(s) West (Tammy)
+- **2026-05-06** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 75 Nays: 13 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-05-06** Signed, returned to Senate
+- **2026-05-06** Referred for enrollment
+- **2026-05-06** Enrolled, to House
+- **2026-05-06** Signed, returned to Senate
+- **2026-05-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-13** Approved by Governor 05/12/2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66ebc588-ad7a-4dc2-bfbe-2a3983553ff5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).
+