---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dentistry; broadening permitted examinations for licensure; temporary licenses; permits; continuing education requirements."
description: "Dentistry; broadening permitted examinations for licensure; temporary licenses; permits; continuing education requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 603"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 603 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Montgomery", "West (Josh)"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8781e53f-a729-4be9-8fd0-7f478b9e6a6c"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB603&session=2000"
source_hash: "3a4f065108816f5b5aac5af3b7e05f31dd922dc02bc394fcc88008ccbd99a7c8"
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 603 (2020) — Dentistry; broadening permitted examinations for licensure; temporary licenses; permits; continuing education requirements.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 INT/SB/SB603 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by WEST** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB603 FA1 WESTJO-SH.PDF)
3. **2 Floor Amendment by WEST** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB603 FA2 WESTJO-SH.PDF)
4. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB603 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
5. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB603 PCS.PDF)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB603 ENGR.PDF)
7. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB603 ENR.PDF)
8. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB603 HFLR.PDF)
9. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB603 SFLR.PDF)
10. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB603 HCS.PDF)
11. **SB603 FULLPCS1 JOSH WEST-SH.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB603 FULLPCS1 JOSH WEST-SH.PDF)
12. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB603 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Montgomery — primary (person)
- West (Josh) — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-04** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Authored by Senator Montgomery
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-14** Coauthored by Senator Rosino
- **2019-02-18** Coauthored by Senator Simpson
- **2019-02-18** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-25** Coauthored by Representative West (Josh) (principal House author)
- **2019-02-27** General Order, Considered
- **2019-02-27** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-02-28** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-02-28** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading referred to Business and Commerce `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business and Commerce Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Coauthored by Representative(s) Roberts (Dustin)
- **2019-04-25** General Order
- **2019-04-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 97 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-29** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-04-29** HAs read
- **2019-05-08** HAs adopted
- **2019-05-08** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-09** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-05-09** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-05-09** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-15** Approved by Governor 05/15/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8781e53f-a729-4be9-8fd0-7f478b9e6a6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).