---
type: "Bill"
title: "Governmental Tort Claims Act; modifying definition. Effective date."
description: "Governmental Tort Claims Act; modifying definition. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 28"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 28 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergstrom", "West (Josh)"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/796f362f-c646-4eb3-80d0-6d84f9ced30e"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB28&session=2100"
source_hash: "864205bcf5cf73a3a1fa29d2537e794e58819ded85431a98f2b5f162af8353fc"
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 28 (2021) — Governmental Tort Claims Act; modifying definition. 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/SB28 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB28 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB28 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB28 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB28 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Bergstrom — primary (person)
- West (Josh) — 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 Bergstrom
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-19** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-19** Coauthored by Representative West (Josh) (principal House author)
- **2021-03-02** General Order, Considered
- **2021-03-02** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-03** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-03-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Civil `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** CR; Do Pass Judiciary - Civil Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-12** General Order
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-12** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-13** Enrolled, to House
- **2021-04-13** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-13** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-19** Approved by Governor 04/19/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/796f362f-c646-4eb3-80d0-6d84f9ced30e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).