---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and occupations; enacting the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact and authorizing the Governor to enter into Compact with certain jurisdictions. Effective date."
description: "Professions and occupations; enacting the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact and authorizing the Governor to enter into Compact with certain jurisdictions. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 540"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 540 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris", "Stanley"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2026-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66ebc588-ad7a-4dc2-bfbe-2a3983553ff5"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB540&session=2600"
source_hash: "0af841502db3523b24ab3e95124a11c5dac5a21f6c1108c8d780659b1f2b87ac"
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 540 (2026) — Professions and occupations; enacting the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact and authorizing the Governor to enter into Compact with certain jurisdictions. 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/SB540 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB540 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB540 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB540 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB540 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **75–13** (pass) · lower
- Business Committee: Do Pass — **9–2** (pass) · lower
- Health & Human Services — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- Commerce And Economic Development Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **11–3** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **35–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harris — primary (person)
- Stanley — 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 Stanley
- **2025-02-03** Coauthored by Representative Harris (principal House author)
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26** Placed on General Order
- **2026-02-02** Coauthored by Senator Mann
- **2026-02-04** Coauthored by Senator Kirt
- **2026-02-11** General Order, Considered
- **2026-02-11** Measure passed: Ayes: 35 Nays: 12 `passage`
- **2026-02-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-02-12** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-02-12** 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`
- **2026-04-14** Coauthored by Representative(s) Fetgatter
- **2026-05-06** General Order
- **2026-05-06** Coauthored by Representative(s) West (Tammy)
- **2026-05-06** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 75 Nays: 13 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-06** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-05-06** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-05-06** Enrolled, to House
- **2026-05-06** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-05-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-13** Approved by Governor 05/12/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66ebc588-ad7a-4dc2-bfbe-2a3983553ff5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).