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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Administrative Procedures Act; proposed permanent rules; requiring legislative approval for final rule adoption. Emergency."
+description: "Administrative Procedures Act; proposed permanent rules; requiring legislative approval for final rule adoption. Emergency."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
+legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 995"
+citation: "Oklahoma SB 995 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bergstrom", "Kendrix"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2025-02-03"
+last_action: "2025-05-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92b97fc3-0a44-4008-b869-130224b8515a"
+source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB995&session=2600"
+source_hash: "ade74ea7ff43d5beb569b15bcce125250a7217d68247364e7a2447c10967b46b"
+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 995 (2026) — Administrative Procedures Act; proposed permanent rules; requiring legislative approval for final rule adoption. Emergency.
+
+## 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/SB995 INT.PDF)
+2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/SB995 HASB AND ENGR.PDF)
+3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB995 ENGR.PDF)
+4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB995 ENR.PDF)
+5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB995 HFLR.PDF)
+6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB995 SFLR.PDF)
+7. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB995 HCS.PDF)
+8. **Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB995 FULLPCS1 GERRID KENDRIX-SW.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Fourth Reading — **33–8** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **87–0** (pass) · lower
+- Administrative Rules — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- Administrative Rules Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bergstrom — primary (person)
+- Kendrix — 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 Bergstrom
+- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Administrative Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-05** Coauthored by Senator Jett
+- **2025-02-13** Coauthored by Representative Kendrix (principal House author)
+- **2025-02-13** Reported Do Pass Administrative Rules committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-19** Placed on General Order
+- **2025-03-26** General Order, Considered
+- **2025-03-26** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
+- **2025-03-26** Referred for engrossment
+- **2025-03-27** Engrossed to House `passage`
+- **2025-03-27** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Administrative Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-17** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Administrative Rules Committee `committee-passage`
+- **2025-05-07** General Order
+- **2025-05-07** Coauthored by Representative(s) Williams, Cornwell, CrosswhiteHader, Duel
+- **2025-05-07** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-07** Referred for engrossment
+- **2025-05-08** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-08** HAs read
+- **2025-05-08** Coauthored by Representative Wolfley
+- **2025-05-15** HAs adopted
+- **2025-05-15** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 33 Nays: 8 `passage`
+- **2025-05-15** Referred for enrollment
+- **2025-05-19** Enrolled, to House
+- **2025-05-19** Signed, returned to Senate
+- **2025-05-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-27** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/26/2025 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92b97fc3-0a44-4008-b869-130224b8515a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).
+