---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporation Commission; increasing maximum penalty amounts. Effective date."
description: "Corporation Commission; increasing maximum penalty amounts. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 535"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 535 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergstrom", "Lepak"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b07a37b7-a33c-45fe-bae3-18a2ef120a43"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB535&session=2100"
source_hash: "674ef13d095fd7cbd1daa6f68c030da6454aa20f0bc8da9d910f4c456f237793"
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 535 (2021) — Corporation Commission; increasing maximum penalty amounts. 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/SB535 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB535 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB535 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB535 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB535 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Bergstrom — primary (person)
- Lepak — 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 Energy Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Reported Do Pass Energy committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Coauthored by Representative Lepak (principal House author)
- **2021-03-03** Reported Do Pass Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-09** General Order, Considered
- **2021-03-09** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-10** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-03-10** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Withdrawn from Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee
- **2021-03-24** Withdrawn from Appropriations and Budget Committee
- **2021-03-24** Referred to Energy and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** CR; Do Pass Energy and Natural Resources Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-13** General Order
- **2021-04-13** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 71 Nays: 25 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-13** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-13** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-14** Enrolled, to House
- **2021-04-14** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20** Approved by Governor 04/20/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b07a37b7-a33c-45fe-bae3-18a2ef120a43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).