---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Dental Act; modifying various sections. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "State Dental Act; modifying various sections. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 787"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 787 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roberts (Dustin)", "Sykes"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c09bb19-e0d1-4a47-9a1a-e327e44cb685"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB787&session=1800"
source_hash: "9476ff360eabcb421c4f79d35dc8c2a8cb5f9ac1e0feb92edf5ddc85a64c129d"
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 787 (2017-2018) — State Dental Act; modifying various sections. Effective date. Emergency.

## 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/2017-18 INT/SB/SB787 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB787 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB787 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB787 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB787 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB787 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB787 HCS.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roberts (Dustin) — primary (person)
- Sykes — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Authored by Senator Sykes
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** coauthored by Representative Roberts (Dustin) (principal House author)
- **2017-02-28** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-09** General Order, Considered
- **2017-03-09** Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-09** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-13** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-13** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Public Health `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Health Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-04** Coauthored by Representative(s) Roberts (Sean)
- **2017-04-04** Emergency added
- **2017-04-27** General Order
- **2017-04-27** Coauthored by Representative(s) Kouplen, Virgin, Moore
- **2017-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-27** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-27** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-05-01** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-05-01** HAs read
- **2017-05-10** HAs adopted
- **2017-05-10** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-10** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-11** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-05-11** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-05-11** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-17** Approved by Governor 05/17/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c09bb19-e0d1-4a47-9a1a-e327e44cb685`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).