---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance; prohibiting denial of dental coverage except in certain circumstances after prior authorization; adding supervised assistant behavior analyst to covered providers for treatment of autism spectrum disorder. Effective date."
description: "Insurance; prohibiting denial of dental coverage except in certain circumstances after prior authorization; adding supervised assistant behavior analyst to covered providers for treatment of autism spectrum disorder. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 948"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 948 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martinez", "Rader"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 37
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72cf8187-e623-42ee-b05d-ebd33b0ebca6"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB948&session=2000"
source_hash: "aad886a3b6e536ff2a4c2bd5052001a2a02b1891fd220668ee514b08a084d45a"
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 948 (2020) — Insurance; prohibiting denial of dental coverage except in certain circumstances after prior authorization; adding supervised assistant behavior analyst to covered providers for treatment of autism spectrum disorder. 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/SB/SB948 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB948 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB948 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB948 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB948 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB948 SFLR.PDF)
7. **Senate Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCCS/SB948 CCS.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Martinez — primary (person)
- Rader — 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 Senator Rader
- **2019-02-11** Second Reading referred to Retirement and Insurance `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-18** Reported Do Pass as amended Retirement and Insurance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-18** Title stricken
- **2019-02-19** Coauthored by Representative Martinez (principal House author)
- **2019-03-05** General Order, Considered
- **2019-03-05** Measure passed: Ayes: 47 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-06** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-03-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading referred to Insurance `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** CR; Do Pass, as amended, Insurance Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-10** Enacting clause stricken
- **2019-04-24** General Order
- **2019-04-24** Coauthored by Representative(s) Steagall
- **2019-04-24** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-25** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-04-25** HAs read
- **2019-05-02** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2019-05-07** SCs named Rader, Quinn, Haste, Stanley, Brooks, Matthews
- **2019-05-13** Conference granted, naming Conference Committee on Insurance
- **2019-05-15** Coauthored by Senator David
- **2019-05-16** CCR read
- **2019-05-16** Title restored
- **2019-05-17** CCR adopted
- **2019-05-17** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 40 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-17** CCR submitted
- **2019-05-20** CCR adopted
- **2019-05-20** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2019-05-20** To Senate
- **2019-05-20** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-20** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-05-20** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-05-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-23** Approved by Governor 05/23/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72cf8187-e623-42ee-b05d-ebd33b0ebca6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).