---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims; directing apportionment of certain funds; establishing procedures for certain judicial appointment. Emergency."
description: "Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims; directing apportionment of certain funds; establishing procedures for certain judicial appointment. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 472"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 472 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniels", "Kannady"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 38
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9817800-ebbb-4e4e-8a95-50d19d73f1cf"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB472&session=2100"
source_hash: "b6196e587cb481d16849b6e8e855bbdb56290ef9e525b0695b6a45b17ec9a7ca"
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 472 (2021) — Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims; directing apportionment of certain funds; establishing procedures for certain judicial appointment. 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/SB472 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB472 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB472 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB472 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB472 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB472 SFLR.PDF)
7. **Senate Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCCS/SB472 CCS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Daniels — primary (person)
- Kannady — 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 Daniels
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Coauthored by Senator Boren
- **2021-02-09** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09** Remove as coauthor Senator Boren
- **2021-02-18** Coauthored by Representative Kannady (principal House author)
- **2021-03-02** General Order, Considered
- **2021-03-02** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-03** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-03-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-29** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** CR; Do Pass, as amended, Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01** Title stricken
- **2021-04-01** Enacting clause stricken
- **2021-04-13** General Order
- **2021-04-13** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-13** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-04-14** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-04-14** HAs read
- **2021-04-26** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2021-05-04** SCs named Daniels, Jech, Bullard, Paxton, Floyd, Boren
- **2021-05-06** Conference granted, naming GCCA
- **2021-05-13** CCR read
- **2021-05-13** Title restored
- **2021-05-13** Enacting clause restored
- **2021-05-19** CCR adopted
- **2021-05-19** Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-19** CCR submitted
- **2021-05-25** CCR adopted
- **2021-05-25** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-25** To Senate
- **2021-05-25** Referred for enrollment
- **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/e9817800-ebbb-4e4e-8a95-50d19d73f1cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).