---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professional Entity Act; modifying requirements for persons holding interest in domestic professional entity; prohibiting certain persons from holding shares in certain professional corporations. Effective date."
description: "Professional Entity Act; modifying requirements for persons holding interest in domestic professional entity; prohibiting certain persons from holding shares in certain professional corporations. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 620"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 620 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Echols", "Montgomery"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2024-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d617d813-1ebe-469e-a766-d9dca8917241"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB620&session=2400"
source_hash: "e3cde327aa0a2a4f83ecc3c4df4d52135b0353f0313c62a4f8efbb00fc400202"
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 620 (2024) — Professional Entity Act; modifying requirements for persons holding interest in domestic professional entity; prohibiting certain persons from holding shares in certain professional corporations. 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/SB620 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB620 PCS.PDF)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB620 CS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB620 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB620 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB620 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB620 SFLR.PDF)
8. **SB620 (3-07-23) (MONTGOMERY) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB620 (3-07-23) (MONTGOMERY) RT FA1.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **40–3** (pass) · upper
- Committee On Judiciary: Committee Substitute, Motion By Senator Howard - Adopted (Request No: 1719) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Business And Commerce Committee: Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **90–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Echols — primary (person)
- Montgomery — 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 Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Coauthored by Representative Echols (principal House author)
- **2023-02-28** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28** Title stricken
- **2023-03-21** General Order, Amended
- **2023-03-21** Title restored
- **2023-03-21** Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2023-03-21** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-22** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-03-22** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Business and Commerce `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** CR; Do Pass Business and Commerce Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-17** General Order
- **2024-04-17** Coauthored by Representative(s) McDugle
- **2024-04-17** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 4 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-17** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-17** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-04-18** Enrolled, to House
- **2024-04-18** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-24** Approved by Governor 04/23/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d617d813-1ebe-469e-a766-d9dca8917241`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).