---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oklahoma Tourism Development Act; transferring powers and duties to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce. Effective date."
description: "Oklahoma Tourism Development Act; transferring powers and duties to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 739"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 739 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bashore", "Leewright"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4e6f59e-3338-4236-8c2e-a6368b7359a9"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB739&session=2100"
source_hash: "4bc731ddf0ac8241e3ef98471eb43bfe3eb41a488d2ae3e42126deffe9a50c2d"
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 739 (2021) — Oklahoma Tourism Development Act; transferring powers and duties to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce. 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/SB739 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB739 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB739 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB739 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB739 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Bashore — primary (person)
- Leewright — 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 Hall
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Finance Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Remove as author Senator Hall; authored by Senator Leewright
- **2021-02-02** Coauthored by Senator Hall
- **2021-02-19** Reported Do Pass Finance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-19** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Reported Do Pass Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01** Coauthored by Representative Bashore (principal House author)
- **2021-03-09** General Order, Considered
- **2021-03-09** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-10** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-03-10** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-29** Second Reading referred to Tourism `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** CR; Do Pass Tourism Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14** General Order
- **2021-04-14** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-14** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-15** Enrolled, to House
- **2021-04-15** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21** Approved by Governor 04/21/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4e6f59e-3338-4236-8c2e-a6368b7359a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).