---
type: "Bill"
title: "Administrative Procedures Act; modifying provisions for rule submission and Joint Committee. Emergency."
description: "Administrative Procedures Act; modifying provisions for rule submission and Joint Committee. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 515"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 515 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergstrom", "Kendrix"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c6f2abb-e27b-4909-994a-7360a9f85f82"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB515&session=2300"
source_hash: "0311f05c563bce969620cc93bcbedc888387f112178a1d74cd426056fd02b462"
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 515 (2023) — Administrative Procedures Act; modifying provisions for rule submission and Joint Committee. Emergency.

## 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/2023-24 INT/SB/SB515 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB515 PCS.PDF)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB515 CS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB515 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB515 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB515 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB515 SFLR.PDF)
8. **SB515 (2-15-23) (BERGSTROM) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB515 (2-15-23) (BERGSTROM) FA1.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Bergstrom — primary (person)
- Kendrix — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Senator Bergstrom
- **2023-02-06** Coauthored by Representative Kendrix (principal House author)
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute General Government committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** General Order, Amended
- **2023-02-16** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 2
- **2023-02-16** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-02-20** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-02-20** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** Second Reading, direct to Calendar
- **2023-03-14** Withdrawn from Calendar; referred to Administrative Rules Committee
- **2023-04-06** CR; Do Pass Administrative Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-18** General Order
- **2023-04-18** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 71 Nays: 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-18** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-19** Enrolled, to House
- **2023-04-19** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Approved by Governor 04/20/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c6f2abb-e27b-4909-994a-7360a9f85f82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).