---
type: "Bill"
title: "State government; Severance Benefits Act; modifying certain requirement. Effective date."
description: "State government; Severance Benefits Act; modifying certain requirement. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 63"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 63 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frix", "Montgomery"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e77595c-8223-4ffc-893d-258ef8114238"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB63&session=2100"
source_hash: "b13b933da62a4a178f0a569fc3fbcd0b1d8745235b3219993c87276340ba4408"
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 63 (2021) — State government; Severance Benefits Act; modifying certain requirement. 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/SB63 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB63 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB63 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB63 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB63 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Frix — primary (person)
- Montgomery — 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 Montgomery
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Reported Do Pass General Government committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-23** Coauthored by Representative Frix (principal House author)
- **2021-03-02** General Order, Considered
- **2021-03-02** Measure passed: Ayes: 31 Nays: 15 `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 Government Modernization and Efficiency `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** CR; Do Pass Government Modernization and Efficiency Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-12** General Order
- **2021-04-12** Coauthored by Representative(s) Fugate
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 70 Nays: 21 `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/4e77595c-8223-4ffc-893d-258ef8114238`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).