---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance; modifying conditions that consider an entity an insurer; notice; compliance; supervision. Effective date."
description: "Insurance; modifying conditions that consider an entity an insurer; notice; compliance; supervision. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 738"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 738 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McEntire", "Montgomery"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8728b65b-c4c1-4cc6-88ff-d9412abd0602"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB738&session=2100"
source_hash: "110b9763ae23420049c3c17fe45305359190e9ad609a21f9fe6386ec9c26c7a6"
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 738 (2021) — Insurance; modifying conditions that consider an entity an insurer; notice; compliance; supervision. 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/SB738 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB738 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB738 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB738 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB738 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB738 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB738 HCS.PDF)
8. **SB738 FULLPCS1 MARCUS MCENTIRE-AMM.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB738 FULLPCS1 MARCUS MCENTIRE-AMM.PDF)

## Sponsors

- McEntire — 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 Retirement and Insurance `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Reported Do Pass as amended Retirement and Insurance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Title stricken
- **2021-02-23** Coauthored by Representative McEntire (principal House author)
- **2021-03-08** General Order, Considered
- **2021-03-08** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-09** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-03-09** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading referred to Insurance `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Insurance Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Title restored
- **2021-04-21** General Order
- **2021-04-21** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 79 Nays: 4 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-04-22** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-04-22** HAs read
- **2021-04-29** HAs adopted
- **2021-04-29** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-05-03** Enrolled, to House
- **2021-05-03** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-05-03** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-05** Approved by Governor 05/05/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8728b65b-c4c1-4cc6-88ff-d9412abd0602`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).