---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wireless telecommunications carriers; creating the Kelsey Smith Act; requiring carriers to provide call location information under certain emergency circumstances. Effective date."
description: "Wireless telecommunications carriers; creating the Kelsey Smith Act; requiring carriers to provide call location information under certain emergency circumstances. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 272"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 272 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weaver", "Worthen"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cb0aa07-d590-4072-ba2e-c56be70575cd"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB272&session=2100"
source_hash: "a49bf770ca2e3d6d14c11c9d3d67a2183adac0775587718193c693f8e2a05467"
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 272 (2021) — Wireless telecommunications carriers; creating the Kelsey Smith Act; requiring carriers to provide call location information under certain emergency circumstances. 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/SB/SB272 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB272 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB272 PCS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB272 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB272 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB272 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB272 SFLR.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB272 HCS.PDF)
9. **SB272 FULLPCS1 RANDE WORTHEN-GRS.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB272 FULLPCS1 RANDE WORTHEN-GRS.PDF)
10. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB272 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Weaver — primary (person)
- Worthen — 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 Senator Weaver
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-19** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-22** Coauthored by Representative Worthen (principal House author)
- **2021-02-22** Coauthored by Senator Stephens
- **2021-03-03** General Order, Amended
- **2021-03-03** Title stricken
- **2021-03-03** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2021-03-03** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-04** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-03-04** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading referred to Technology `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Technology Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-31** Title restored
- **2021-04-15** General Order
- **2021-04-15** Coauthored by Representative(s) Fugate
- **2021-04-15** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-04-19** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-04-19** HAs read
- **2021-04-28** HAs adopted
- **2021-04-28** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-29** Enrolled, to House
- **2021-04-29** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** Approved by Governor 05/03/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1cb0aa07-d590-4072-ba2e-c56be70575cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).