---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and occupations; removing requirement for license registration to a county clerk. Effective date."
description: "Professions and occupations; removing requirement for license registration to a county clerk. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 804"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 804 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Montgomery", "Sims"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44bd1788-6d27-4aa7-9a58-039502e8eb9d"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB804&session=2300"
source_hash: "2d87bec1de39ff8561cbcca23efe5732a245b2a5d0d70533f2c8897ce27650a4"
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 804 (2023) — Professions and occupations; removing requirement for license registration to a county clerk. 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/2023-24 INT/SB/SB804 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB804 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB804 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB804 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB804 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Montgomery — primary (person)
- Sims — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Senator Montgomery
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Business and Commerce `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported Do Pass Business and Commerce committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27** Coauthored by Representative Sims (principal House author)
- **2023-03-02** General Order, Considered
- **2023-03-02** Measure passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-06** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-03-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Business and Commerce `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** CR; Do Pass Business and Commerce Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-24** General Order
- **2023-04-24** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-24** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-24** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-25** Enrolled, to House
- **2023-04-25** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** Approved by Governor 05/01/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44bd1788-6d27-4aa7-9a58-039502e8eb9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).