--- type: "Bill" title: "Economic development; creating the Taiwan Regional Trade Office; stating duties and responsibilities." description: "Economic development; creating the Taiwan Regional Trade Office; stating duties and responsibilities." jurisdiction: "us/states/ok" legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature" session: "2026" identifier: "SB 209" citation: "Oklahoma SB 209 (2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Pae", "Pederson"] version_count: 9 action_count: 49 vote_count: 10 first_action: "2025-02-03" last_action: "2025-05-29" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bce15347-c4d0-4055-9117-ca7e7e393aeb" source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB209&session=2600" source_hash: "043d5793eb2b85b6005824e23d0ba87f3e0b52bb24fb5e33dee6629975fd787f" 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 209 (2026) — Economic development; creating the Taiwan Regional Trade Office; stating duties and responsibilities. ## 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/SB209 INT.PDF) 2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/SB209 HASB AND ENGR.PDF) 3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB209 PCS.PDF) 4. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB209 CS.PDF) 5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB209 ENGR.PDF) 6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB209 ENR.PDF) 7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB209 HFLR.PDF) 8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB209 SFLR.PDF) 9. **SB209 (3-12-25) (PEDERSON) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB209 (3-12-25) (PEDERSON) FS FA1.PDF) ## Votes - Do Pass Amended — **8–1** (pass) · upper - Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended, Strike The Enacting Clause — **27–0** (pass) · lower - Appropriations — **19–2** (pass) · upper - Third Reading — **45–42** (pass) · lower - Appropriations And Budget General Government Subcommittee: Do Pass — **5–2** (pass) · lower - Fourth Reading — **36–8** (pass) · upper - Third Reading — **38–6** (pass) · upper - Reconsider Measure — **54–27** (pass) · lower - Third Reading — **55–30** (pass) · lower - Fourth Reading — **51–30** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Pae — primary (person) - Pederson — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1` - **2025-02-03** Authored by Senator Pederson - **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-02-05** Coauthored by Representative Pae (principal House author) - **2025-02-25** Reported Do Pass as amended Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism committee; CR filed `committee-passage` - **2025-02-25** Title stricken - **2025-02-25** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee` - **2025-03-05** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage` - **2025-03-10** Placed on General Order - **2025-03-13** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute - **2025-03-13** Measure passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 6 `passage` - **2025-03-13** Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 1 - **2025-03-13** Referred for engrossment - **2025-03-17** Engrossed to House `passage` - **2025-03-17** First Reading `introduction, reading-1` - **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-04-02** Referred to Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2025-04-08** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee `committee-passage` - **2025-04-17** CR; Do Pass, as amended, Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage` - **2025-04-17** Enacting clause stricken - **2025-04-17** Coauthored by Representative(s) Lawson, Strom, Hilbert - **2025-05-06** General Order - **2025-05-06** Coauthored by Representative(s) Munson - **2025-05-06** Third Reading, Measure failed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 42 `reading-3` - **2025-05-06** Notice served to reconsider vote by Representative Pae - **2025-05-07** Motion to reconsider adopted: Ayes: 54 Nays: 27 - **2025-05-07** Third Reading, Measure passed and Emergency failed: Ayes: 55 Nays: 30; Ayes: 55 Nays: 30 `passage, reading-3` - **2025-05-07** Referred for engrossment - **2025-05-08** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage` - **2025-05-08** HAs read - **2025-05-12** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure` - **2025-05-13** SCs named GCCA - **2025-05-15** Conference granted, naming GCCA - **2025-05-21** CCR read - **2025-05-21** Title restored - **2025-05-21** Emergency clause restored - **2025-05-21** Enacting clause restored - **2025-05-22** CCR adopted - **2025-05-22** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 36 Nays: 8 `passage` - **2025-05-22** Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 39 Nays: 5 - **2025-05-22** CCR submitted - **2025-05-22** CCR adopted - **2025-05-22** Fourth Reading, Measure passed and Emergency failed: Ayes: 51 Nays: 30; Ayes: 51 Nays: 30 `passage` - **2025-05-22** To Senate - **2025-05-22** Referred for enrollment - **2025-05-22** Enrolled, to House - **2025-05-22** Signed, returned to Senate - **2025-05-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-29** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/29/2025 `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bce15347-c4d0-4055-9117-ca7e7e393aeb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).