---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oklahoma Department of Commerce; creating the Oklahoma Department of Commerce Board; providing for qualifications for Board members. Effective date."
description: "Oklahoma Department of Commerce; creating the Oklahoma Department of Commerce Board; providing for qualifications for Board members. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 987"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 987 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Osburn", "Thompson (Kristen)"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11e57a2b-d21e-45c9-ba05-a5583cacc91b"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB987&session=2600"
source_hash: "72cea163f6897ec9d6ab28e323436664b74ac3b2df54f1976962651367f6cbe7"
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 987 (2026) — Oklahoma Department of Commerce; creating the Oklahoma Department of Commerce Board; providing for qualifications for Board members. 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/SB987 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB987 PCS.PDF)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB987 CS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB987 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB987 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB987 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB987 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Commerce And Economic Development Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **62–30** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **30–15** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended Cs — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Business Committee: Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Osburn — primary (person)
- Thompson (Kristen) — 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 Thompson
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Coauthored by Representative Osburn (principal House author)
- **2025-02-25** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27** Placed on General Order
- **2025-03-18** General Order, Considered
- **2025-03-18** Measure passed: Ayes: 30 Nays: 15 `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-24** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-03-24** 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`
- **2025-04-23** CR; Do Pass Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-23** Coauthored by Representative(s) Blancett
- **2025-05-05** General Order
- **2025-05-05** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 62 Nays: 30 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-05** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2025-05-05** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-06** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2025-05-06** Enrolled, to House
- **2025-05-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12** Approved by Governor 05/09/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11e57a2b-d21e-45c9-ba05-a5583cacc91b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).