---
type: "Bill"
title: "Practice of dentistry; modifying various provisions of the State Dental Act. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Practice of dentistry; modifying various provisions of the State Dental Act. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 754"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 754 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kannady", "Paxton"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e7a999e-7dbd-4df0-919d-4a2f5063a530"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB754&session=2300"
source_hash: "0734189cdf1fff4ad86bc6d5827e18cef655145601ee54a1eb614a003d9269b2"
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 754 (2023) — Practice of dentistry; modifying various provisions of the State Dental Act. Effective date. 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/SB754 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB754 PCS.PDF)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB754 CS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB754 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB754 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB754 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB754 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Kannady — primary (person)
- Paxton — 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 Paxton
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-09** Coauthored by Representative Kannady (principal House author)
- **2023-03-14** General Order, Considered
- **2023-03-14** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2023-03-14** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-20** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-03-20** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Public Health `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** CR; Do Pass Public Health Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26** General Order
- **2023-04-26** Coauthored by Representative(s) McBride, Miller, Humphrey
- **2023-04-26** Coauthored by Senator(s) Pemberton
- **2023-04-26** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-26** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-27** Enrolled, to House
- **2023-04-27** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-27** Received from the House
- **2023-05-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-05** Approved by Governor 05/05/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e7a999e-7dbd-4df0-919d-4a2f5063a530`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).