---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oklahoma Abstractors Act; allowing denial of certain applicant. Effective date."
description: "Oklahoma Abstractors Act; allowing denial of certain applicant. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1287"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1287 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvord", "CrosswhiteHader"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ed60aa1-4f19-4225-8a45-32687bc93d7a"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1287&session=2600"
source_hash: "188af298cb63c1504dd9e01748b030a94b2af8efd2af1236a38650b690e8b54e"
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 1287 (2026) — Oklahoma Abstractors Act; allowing denial of certain applicant. Effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 INT/SB/SB1287 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1287 CA1.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1287 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1287 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1287 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1287 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **69–10** (pass) · lower
- State Powers Committee: Do Pass — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–7** (pass) · upper
- Government Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **15–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvord — primary (person)
- CrosswhiteHader — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** Authored by Senator Alvord
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Business and Insurance `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** Coauthored by Representative CrosswhiteHader (principal House author)
- **2026-02-19** Reported Do Pass as amended Business and Insurance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-24** Placed on General Order
- **2026-03-16** General Order, Considered
- **2026-03-16** Measure passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 7 `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-17** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-03-17** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Government Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Referred to State Powers `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass State Powers `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-15** CR; Do Pass Government Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-28** General Order
- **2026-04-28** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 69 Nays: 10 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-28** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-04-28** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-04-29** Enrolled, to House
- **2026-04-29** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-05** Approved by Governor 05/01/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ed60aa1-4f19-4225-8a45-32687bc93d7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).