---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance; allowing certain insurance companies to obtain certificate of authority and establish business for reinsurance. Effective date."
description: "Insurance; allowing certain insurance companies to obtain certificate of authority and establish business for reinsurance. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 979"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 979 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quinn", "Sneed"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2022-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0861f20c-5d4e-49ce-8c6e-08e6e84edb5c"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB979&session=2200"
source_hash: "3b5717dbd08665dbd8c146a82f3920fdd96d69ede921bf61691836330af62376"
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 979 (2022) — Insurance; allowing certain insurance companies to obtain certificate of authority and establish business for reinsurance. 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/SB979 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB979 PCS.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB979 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB979 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB979 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB979 SFLR.PDF)
7. **SB979 (3-23-22) (QUINN) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB979 (3-23-22) (QUINN) FA1.PDF)
8. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB979 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Quinn — primary (person)
- Sneed — 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 Hicks
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Coauthored by Senator Matthews
- **2021-02-19** Coauthored by Senator Simpson
- **2022-02-28** Withdrawn from Health and Human Services committee
- **2022-02-28** Referred to Retirement and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Remove as author Senator Hicks; authored by Senator Quinn
- **2022-02-28** Coauthored by Senator Hicks
- **2022-02-28** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Retirement and Insurance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-23** Remove as coauthor Senator Matthews
- **2022-03-23** Remove as coauthor Senator Hicks
- **2022-03-23** Coauthored by Representative Sneed (principal House author)
- **2022-03-24** General Order, Amended
- **2022-03-24** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2022-03-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-03-28** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2022-03-28** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-30** Second Reading referred to Insurance `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-14** CR; Do Pass Insurance Committee `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-27** General Order
- **2022-04-27** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 76 Nays: 13 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-27** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2022-04-27** Referred for enrollment
- **2022-04-28** Enrolled, to House
- **2022-04-28** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2022-04-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-02** Approved by Governor 05/02/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0861f20c-5d4e-49ce-8c6e-08e6e84edb5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).