---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oklahoma Board of Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors; extending sunset date. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Oklahoma Board of Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors; extending sunset date. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 396"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 396 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergstrom", "Kendrix"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9392ce21-b310-4386-9979-67f2f08a106f"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB396&session=2600"
source_hash: "cb12e3668c6f2c07aab6ef50c58cb06fa49f1e3c0ea26ad20fe6ed43f4df739d"
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 396 (2026) — Oklahoma Board of Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors; extending sunset date. Effective date. Emergency.

## 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/SB396 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB396 PCS.PDF)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB396 CS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB396 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB396 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB396 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB396 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Administrative Rules — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **39–8** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- Administrative Rules Committee: Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bergstrom — primary (person)
- Kendrix — 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 Bergstrom
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Administrative Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Coauthored by Representative Kendrix (principal House author)
- **2025-02-13** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Administrative Rules committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19** Placed on General Order
- **2025-03-25** General Order, Considered
- **2025-03-25** Measure passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 8 `passage`
- **2025-03-25** Emergency passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 7
- **2025-03-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-26** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-03-26** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Administrative Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** CR; Do Pass Administrative Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-06** General Order
- **2025-05-06** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2025-05-06** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-07** Enrolled, to House
- **2025-05-07** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2025-05-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-14** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/14/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9392ce21-b310-4386-9979-67f2f08a106f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).