---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure; extending sunset date. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure; extending sunset date. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 397"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 397 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergstrom", "Kendrix"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2026-02-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5763303-0d66-4453-bb4c-e7074888a0d8"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB397&session=2600"
source_hash: "ce87dd7613ac1cade571873ed2bcaec1157344d53b7fd7b83d6b70406985f53b"
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 397 (2026) — State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure; 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/SB397 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB397 PCS.PDF)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB397 CS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB397 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB397 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB397 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB397 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **90–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **41–6** (pass) · upper
- Administrative Rules Committee: Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Administrative Rules — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## 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 and Emergency passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 6 `passage`
- **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`
- **2025-04-09** CR; Do Pass Administrative Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-09** General Order
- **2026-02-09** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-09** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-02-09** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-02-10** Enrolled, to House
- **2026-02-10** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-02-10** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-12** Approved by Governor 02/12/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5763303-0d66-4453-bb4c-e7074888a0d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).