---
type: "Bill"
title: "Roofing Contractor Registration Act; modifying certain duties of registrar; modernizing direct access system requirements. Effective date."
description: "Roofing Contractor Registration Act; modifying certain duties of registrar; modernizing direct access system requirements. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 516"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 516 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvord", "Dempsey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5aab7702-0572-413f-8b57-fbfe827f1ffa"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB516&session=2600"
source_hash: "4708c11527e1864c07e7848c8962748c60f367b9f58d37c9c164e442dafbf0e2"
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 516 (2026) — Roofing Contractor Registration Act; modifying certain duties of registrar; modernizing direct access system requirements. 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/SB516 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB516 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB516 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB516 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB516 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Commerce And Economic Development Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **91–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Business Committee: Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvord — primary (person)
- Dempsey — 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 Alvord
- **2025-02-03** Coauthored by Representative Dempsey (principal House author)
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Business and Insurance `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20** Reported Do Pass Business and Insurance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-25** Placed on General Order
- **2025-03-24** General Order, Considered
- **2025-03-24** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-25** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-03-25** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Commerce and Economic Development Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Referred to Business `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Policy recommendation to the Commerce and Economic Development Oversight committee; Do Pass Business `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-17** CR; Do Pass Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-06** General Order
- **2025-05-06** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 1 `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/5aab7702-0572-413f-8b57-fbfe827f1ffa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).