---
type: "Bill"
title: "State government; creating the Civil Service and Human Capital Modernization Act; State Employee Dispute Resolution Program; Merit Protection Program; effective date."
description: "State government; creating the Civil Service and Human Capital Modernization Act; State Employee Dispute Resolution Program; Merit Protection Program; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1146"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1146 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Osburn", "Treat"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/beb90c37-ac55-414b-87e5-4cd6af8718c4"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1146&session=2100"
source_hash: "e02b2a9e9f1f6f25189ef05af9269c4770b7b860852572a6a489f67a9c29e218"
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 1146 (2021) — State government; creating the Civil Service and Human Capital Modernization Act; State Employee Dispute Resolution Program; Merit Protection Program; 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/2021-22 INT/hB/HB1146 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by OSBURN** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB1146 FA1 OSBURNMI-LRB.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB1146 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB1146 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB1146 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB1146 SFLR.PDF)
7. **HB1146 FULLPCS1 MIKE OSBURN-LRB.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1146 FULLPCS1 MIKE OSBURN-LRB.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1146 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Osburn — primary (person)
- Treat — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Authored by Representative Osburn
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24** Coauthored by Representative(s) CrosswhiteHader
- **2021-03-09** General Order
- **2021-03-09** Authored by Senator Treat (principal Senate author)
- **2021-03-09** Amended by floor substitute
- **2021-03-09** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-09** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-10** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-10** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading referred to Appropriations `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Reported Do Pass Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21** General Order, Considered
- **2021-04-21** Measure passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 9 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-22** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2021-04-26** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2021-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26** Approved by Governor 04/26/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/beb90c37-ac55-414b-87e5-4cd6af8718c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).