---
type: "Bill"
title: "Labor; creating the Empower Independent Contractors Act of 2019; authorizing Employment Security Commission to determine certain employee status; effective date."
description: "Labor; creating the Empower Independent Contractors Act of 2019; authorizing Employment Security Commission to determine certain employee status; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1095"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1095 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Osburn", "Smalley"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/584ae8ea-b949-4c8c-a8c3-e653dbe3bb99"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1095&session=2000"
source_hash: "d05fe60c9570fd0deae09f2899066814580e368d850be452b0f1a3f3b4f50ae2"
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 HB 1095 (2020) — Labor; creating the Empower Independent Contractors Act of 2019; authorizing Employment Security Commission to determine certain employee status; effective date.

## 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/2019-20 INT/hB/HB1095 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by OSBURN** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB1095 FA1 OSBURNMI-LRB.PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1095 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1095 CA1.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB1095 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB1095 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB1095 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB1095 SFLR.PDF)
9. **HB1095 (4-09-19) (SMALLEY) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1095 (4-09-19) (SMALLEY) FA1.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **74–20** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **34–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Osburn — primary (person)
- Smalley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Authored by Representative Osburn
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Government Efficiency `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** CR; Do Pass Government Efficiency Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-11** General Order
- **2019-03-11** Authored by Senator Smalley (principal Senate author)
- **2019-03-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-11** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 74 Nays: 20 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-12** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** Second Reading referred to Business, Commerce and Tourism `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** Reported Do Pass as amended Business and Commerce committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** General Order, Amended
- **2019-04-11** Measure passed: Ayes: 34 Nays: 10 `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-15** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-04-15** SA's received
- **2019-05-06** SA's read, adopted
- **2019-05-06** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 14 `passage`
- **2019-05-06** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-07** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2019-05-07** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2019-05-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-13** Approved by Governor 05/13/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/584ae8ea-b949-4c8c-a8c3-e653dbe3bb99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).