---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cosmetology and barbering; allowing certain licensees and certificate holders to provide services privately; prohibiting inspection or regulation of private services."
description: "Cosmetology and barbering; allowing certain licensees and certificate holders to provide services privately; prohibiting inspection or regulation of private services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 850"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 850 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dahm", "Stark"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d7ac90d-c95b-42b6-924a-ed6cb05b168f"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB850&session=2100"
source_hash: "0ab46be3f93b8aaae211ba5540c3f64559308e64932300df5d499a7c88f9f530"
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 850 (2021) — Cosmetology and barbering; allowing certain licensees and certificate holders to provide services privately; prohibiting inspection or regulation of private services.

## 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/SB850 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB850 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB850 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB850 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB850 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Dahm — primary (person)
- Stark — 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 Dahm
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Business, Commerce and Tourism `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Reported Do Pass Business and Commerce committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-23** Coauthored by Representative Stark (principal House author)
- **2021-03-02** Coauthored by Senator Hamilton
- **2021-03-04** General Order, Considered
- **2021-03-04** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 8 `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-08** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-03-08** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading referred to Business and Commerce `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** CR; Do Pass Business and Commerce Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-20** General Order
- **2021-04-20** Third Reading, Measure passed and Emergency failed: Ayes: 65 Nays: 26; Ayes: 60 Nays: 12 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-21** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-22** Enrolled, to House
- **2021-04-22** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-27** Approved by Governor 04/27/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d7ac90d-c95b-42b6-924a-ed6cb05b168f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).