---
type: "Bill"
title: "Counties and county officers; allowing certain employees to receive salary in excess of county officer; pay structure. Effective date."
description: "Counties and county officers; allowing certain employees to receive salary in excess of county officer; pay structure. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 828"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 828 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murdock", "Newton"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/849af496-5c9d-4968-9546-2c5d6a5de408"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB828&session=2100"
source_hash: "8e6a86181af6d2f004ae047af93582d0f2fd00414c9b61a9e2352025caa83a65"
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 828 (2021) — Counties and county officers; allowing certain employees to receive salary in excess of county officer; pay structure. 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/SB828 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by NEWTON** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB828 FA1 NEWTONCA-AMM.PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB828 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB828 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB828 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB828 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB828 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/SB828 HCS.PDF)
9. **SB828 (3-08-21) (MURDOCK) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB828 (3-08-21) (MURDOCK) FS FA1.PDF)
10. **SB828 (3-08-21) (MURDOCK) RT FA2.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB828 (3-08-21) (MURDOCK) RT FA2.PDF)
11. **SB828 FULLPCS1 CARL NEWTON-AMM.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB828 FULLPCS1 CARL NEWTON-AMM.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Murdock — primary (person)
- Newton — 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 Murdock
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Coauthored by Representative Newton (principal House author)
- **2021-02-11** Reported Do Pass as amended General Government committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11** Title stricken
- **2021-03-10** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2021-03-10** Title restored
- **2021-03-10** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 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 Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-19** General Order
- **2021-04-19** Amended by floor substitute
- **2021-04-19** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-04-20** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-04-20** HAs read
- **2021-05-04** HAs adopted
- **2021-05-04** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-05-05** Enrolled, to House
- **2021-05-05** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-05-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-10** Approved by Governor 05/10/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/849af496-5c9d-4968-9546-2c5d6a5de408`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).