---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oklahoma Employment Security Commission; deleting gender references; making e-file preference for filing; benefit eligibility; overpayments. Effective date."
description: "Oklahoma Employment Security Commission; deleting gender references; making e-file preference for filing; benefit eligibility; overpayments. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 794"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 794 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leewright", "Wallace"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f059baf7-2e5d-43e0-8e96-5ec109a6052c"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB794&session=2100"
source_hash: "5392f9ae2888918dc67233f5271297570566fa769f537a6d3c19fe33ad4c0f58"
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 794 (2021) — Oklahoma Employment Security Commission; deleting gender references; making e-file preference for filing; benefit eligibility; overpayments. 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/SB794 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB794 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB794 CA1.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB794 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB794 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB794 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB794 SFLR.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB794 HCS.PDF)
9. **SB794 FULLPCS1 KEVIN WALLACE-JM.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB794 FULLPCS1 KEVIN WALLACE-JM.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 `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Reported Do Pass as amended Business and Commerce committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-02** Coauthored by Representative Wallace (principal House author)
- **2021-03-09** General Order, Considered
- **2021-03-09** Measure 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 Government Modernization and Efficiency `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Government Modernization and Efficiency Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-13** General Order
- **2021-04-13** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 7 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-13** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-04-14** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-04-14** HAs read
- **2021-04-29** HAs adopted
- **2021-04-29** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 1 `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/f059baf7-2e5d-43e0-8e96-5ec109a6052c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).