---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health insurance; modifying duties and prohibited acts of pharmacy benefit managers; authorizing Insurance Commissioner to take action on certain licenses. Emergency."
description: "Health insurance; modifying duties and prohibited acts of pharmacy benefit managers; authorizing Insurance Commissioner to take action on certain licenses. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 737"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 737 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCortney", "McEntire"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29caf86a-bb6f-4115-9072-6b170f0ad3db"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB737&session=2200"
source_hash: "adc4fb1903f6f91ac2ec9d0553db88db782d49285f6428ec706dfbd26e44db9c"
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 737 (2022) — Health insurance; modifying duties and prohibited acts of pharmacy benefit managers; authorizing Insurance Commissioner to take action on certain licenses. 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/SB737 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by MCENTIRE** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB737 FA1 MCENTIREMA-AB.PDF)
3. **2 Floor Amendment by MCENTIRE (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB737 FA2 MCENTIREMA-MAH(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
4. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB737 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
5. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB737 PCS.PDF)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB737 ENGR.PDF)
7. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB737 ENR.PDF)
8. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB737 HFLR.PDF)
9. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB737 SFLR.PDF)
10. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB737 CS.PDF)
11. **Senate Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCCS/SB737 CCS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- McCortney — primary (person)
- McEntire — 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 McCortney
- **2021-02-01** Coauthored by Representative McEntire (principal House author)
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-22** Title stricken
- **2021-03-10** General Order, Considered
- **2021-03-10** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 1 `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 Insurance `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** CR; Do Pass, as amended, Insurance Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07** Enacting clause stricken
- **2021-04-19** General Order
- **2021-04-19** Coauthored by Representative(s) Phillips
- **2021-04-19** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-04-20** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-04-20** HAs read
- **2021-04-27** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2021-05-04** SCs named McCortney, Rosino, Daniels, Simpson, Hicks, Dossett (J.A.)
- **2021-05-06** Conference granted, naming Conference Committee on Insurance
- **2021-05-20** CCR read
- **2021-05-20** Title restored
- **2021-05-20** Enacting clause restored
- **2022-02-22** Coauthored by Senator Taylor
- **2022-02-28** Coauthored by Senator Rader
- **2022-02-28** Coauthored by Senator Standridge
- **2022-02-28** Coauthored by Senator Pederson
- **2022-02-28** Coauthored by Senator Burns
- **2022-02-28** Coauthored by Senator Kidd
- **2022-02-28** Coauthored by Senator Murdock
- **2022-03-01** CCR adopted
- **2022-03-01** Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 41 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Coauthored by Senator Garvin
- **2022-03-01** Coauthored by Senator Rogers
- **2022-03-01** Coauthored by Senator Jech
- **2022-03-01** CCR submitted
- **2022-04-18** CCR adopted
- **2022-04-18** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-18** To Senate
- **2022-04-18** Referred for enrollment
- **2022-04-18** Coauthored by Representative Randleman
- **2022-04-19** Enrolled, to House
- **2022-04-19** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2022-04-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-21** Approved by Governor 04/21/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29caf86a-bb6f-4115-9072-6b170f0ad3db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).