---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dentistry; examinations; licensure; continuing education; records. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Dentistry; examinations; licensure; continuing education; records. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 408"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 408 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garvin", "Miller"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 41
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e47bbd0-eccb-4745-ad8e-19be0975acea"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB408&session=2100"
source_hash: "394ddf7ae7c5db12bf6d4b7445303d32b3ff9bb54f20a88f7ad2e29e169880de"
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 408 (2021) — Dentistry; examinations; licensure; continuing education; records. Effective date. Emergency.

## 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/SB408 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by OSBURN** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB408 FA1 OSBURNMI-CC.PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB408 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB408 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB408 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB408 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB408 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/SB408 HCS.PDF)
9. **SB408 FULLPCS1 NICOLE MILLER-AB.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB408 FULLPCS1 NICOLE MILLER-AB.PDF)
10. **Senate Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCCS/SB408 CCS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Garvin — primary (person)
- Miller — 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 McCortney
- **2021-02-01** Remove as author Senator McCortney; authored by Senator Garvin
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Coauthored by Representative Miller (principal House author)
- **2021-02-22** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-02** General Order, Considered
- **2021-03-02** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 1 `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 Public Health `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Health Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-31** Coauthored by Representative(s) West (Josh)
- **2021-04-22** General Order
- **2021-04-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-22** Title stricken
- **2021-04-22** Enacting clause stricken
- **2021-04-22** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 94 Nays: 3 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-04-26** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-04-26** HAs read
- **2021-04-28** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2021-05-04** SCs named Garvin, McCortney, Simpson, Standridge, Hicks, Dossett (J.A.)
- **2021-05-06** Conference granted, naming Conference Committee on Public Health
- **2021-05-18** CCR read
- **2021-05-18** Title restored
- **2021-05-18** Enacting clause restored
- **2021-05-18** Emergency added
- **2021-05-19** CCR adopted
- **2021-05-19** Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 45 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2021-05-19** CCR submitted
- **2021-05-25** CCR adopted
- **2021-05-25** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 82 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2021-05-25** To Senate
- **2021-05-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-05-25** coauthored by Virgin
- **2021-05-25** Enrolled, to House
- **2021-05-25** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-05-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-28** Approved by Governor 05/28/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e47bbd0-eccb-4745-ad8e-19be0975acea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).