---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oklahoma Employment Security Commission; modifying restriction for certain contribution rate increase; providing procedures to supplement financial condition of certain fund during certain state of emergency. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Oklahoma Employment Security Commission; modifying restriction for certain contribution rate increase; providing procedures to supplement financial condition of certain fund during certain state of emergency. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 789"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 789 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leewright", "Wallace"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b968965-bdb6-47f7-9a17-7dc29934662a"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB789&session=2100"
source_hash: "962f867e329f36118275e964812f9be23521006ced62d69aece434c978855bac"
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 789 (2021) — Oklahoma Employment Security Commission; modifying restriction for certain contribution rate increase; providing procedures to supplement financial condition of certain fund during certain state of emergency. Effective date. Emergency.

## 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/SB789 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB789 PCS.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB789 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB789 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB789 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB789 SFLR.PDF)
7. **SB789 (3-03-21) (LEEWRIGHT) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB789 (3-03-21) (LEEWRIGHT) FA1.PDF)
8. **SB789 (3-03-21) (LEEWRIGHT) FA2.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB789 (3-03-21) (LEEWRIGHT) FA2.PDF)
9. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB789 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Leewright — primary (person)
- Wallace — 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 Leewright
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business and Commerce committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-02** Coauthored by Representative Wallace (principal House author)
- **2021-03-09** General Order, Amended
- **2021-03-09** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `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`
- **2021-03-25** CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-12** General Order
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 3 `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/6b968965-bdb6-47f7-9a17-7dc29934662a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).