---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and occupations; enacting the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact. Effective date."
description: "Professions and occupations; enacting the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1653"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1653 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haste", "Miller"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3780234c-9635-414a-8678-6678b732d61a"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1653&session=2600"
source_hash: "ef43c17155d8265fab23ec35ce3ae65ad5a752a3d6480401cb1734f54862a62e"
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 1653 (2026) — Professions and occupations; enacting the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact. 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/SB1653 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1653 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1653 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1653 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1653 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Health & Human Services — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **80–7** (pass) · lower
- Business Committee: Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **33–12** (pass) · upper
- Commerce And Economic Development Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **13–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Haste — primary (person)
- Miller — 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 Haste
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Coauthored by Representative Miller (principal House author)
- **2026-02-23** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-25** Placed on General Order
- **2026-03-16** General Order, Considered
- **2026-03-16** Measure passed: Ayes: 33 Nays: 12 `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 Commerce and Economic Development Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Referred to Business `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-31** Policy recommendation to the Commerce and Economic Development Oversight committee; Do Pass Business `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-14** CR; Do Pass Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-04** General Order
- **2026-05-04** Coauthored by Representative(s) Dollens
- **2026-05-04** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 7 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-04** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-05-04** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-05-05** Enrolled, to House
- **2026-05-05** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-05-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** Approved by Governor 05/07/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3780234c-9635-414a-8678-6678b732d61a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).