---
type: "Bill"
title: "Long-term care; modifying certain licensure fees and duration of license. Effective date."
description: "Long-term care; modifying certain licensure fees and duration of license. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 654"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 654 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell (Chad)", "Standridge"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c9b476f-ea5e-4b6f-bc5a-d599afaf6506"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB654&session=2100"
source_hash: "18ba1d38be801b4c75ea7f4ff803fa1f84362cf19df4fa3d7206adb7fb916a5a"
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 654 (2021) — Long-term care; modifying certain licensure fees and duration of license. 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/SB654 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB654 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB654 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB654 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB654 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Caldwell (Chad) — primary (person)
- Standridge — 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 Standridge
- **2021-02-01** Coauthored by Representative Caldwell (Chad) (principal House author)
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Reported Do Pass Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-10** General Order, Considered
- **2021-03-10** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-11** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-03-11** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading referred to Health Services and Long-Term Care `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** CR; Do Pass Health Services and Long-Term Care Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-13** General Order
- **2021-04-13** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 96 Nays: 1 `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/1c9b476f-ea5e-4b6f-bc5a-d599afaf6506`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).