---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical marijuana; clarifying provisions for the transfer of licensing following change of ownership. Effective date."
description: "Medical marijuana; clarifying provisions for the transfer of licensing following change of ownership. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 1939"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1939 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Echols", "Paxton"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/075f4952-125e-4e37-85b3-8af682662936"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1939&session=2400"
source_hash: "36d3772c58f79f1774357256698bf08d38a18581ac612fd38d393f4d81a4e4fb"
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 1939 (2024) — Medical marijuana; clarifying provisions for the transfer of licensing following change of ownership. Effective date.

## 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/SB1939 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by ECHOLS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB1939 FA1 ECHOLSJO-GRS.PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB1939 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1939 PCS.PDF)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB1939 CS.PDF)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB1939 ENGR.PDF)
7. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB1939 ENR.PDF)
8. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB1939 HFLR.PDF)
9. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB1939 SFLR.PDF)
10. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB1939 HCS.PDF)
11. **SB1939 (3-12-24) (PAXTON) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1939 (3-12-24) (PAXTON) FS FA1.PDF)
12. **SB1939 FULLAMD1 JON ECHOLS-GRS.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB1939 FULLAMD1 JON ECHOLS-GRS.PDF)

## Votes

- Amendment — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Business & Commerce — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **44–2** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **43–1** (pass) · upper
- Alcohol, Tobacco And Controlled Substances Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Echols — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** Authored by Senator Paxton
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading referred to Business and Commerce `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business and Commerce committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Emergency removed
- **2024-03-04** Coauthored by Representative Echols (principal House author)
- **2024-03-14** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2024-03-14** Title stricken
- **2024-03-14** Ayes: 44 Nays: 0
- **2024-03-14** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-18** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2024-03-18** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-25** Second Reading referred to Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-11** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-22** General Order
- **2024-04-22** Laid over
- **2024-04-22** Considered
- **2024-04-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-22** Title restored
- **2024-04-22** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-22** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-04-23** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-23** HAs read
- **2024-05-20** HAs adopted
- **2024-05-20** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2024-05-20** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-05-21** Enrolled, to House
- **2024-05-21** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-05-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-23** Approved by Governor 05/23/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/075f4952-125e-4e37-85b3-8af682662936`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).