---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oklahoma Workforce Transformation Act; creating the Oklahoma Workforce Commission; providing purpose; providing for powers, duties and responsibilities for the Commission."
description: "Oklahoma Workforce Transformation Act; creating the Oklahoma Workforce Commission; providing purpose; providing for powers, duties and responsibilities for the Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 621"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 621 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill", "Pugh"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 43
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4b5b937-d90a-41af-b557-62d5d3da96f0"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB621&session=2400"
source_hash: "7dfbc704c9c781cde66a9a5f1338c49ff97bfff8823667d320a8e85cf8899b60"
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 621 (2024) — Oklahoma Workforce Transformation Act; creating the Oklahoma Workforce Commission; providing purpose; providing for powers, duties and responsibilities for the Commission.

## 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/SB621 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by WALLACE** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB621 FA1 WALLACEKE-MAH.PDF)
3. **2 Floor Amendment by FUGATE (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB621 FA2 FUGATEAN-LRB(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
4. **3 Floor Amendment by MARTINEZ** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB621 FA3 MARTINEZRY-CC.PDF)
5. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB621 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
6. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB621 CA1.PDF)
7. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB621 ENGR.PDF)
8. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB621 ENR.PDF)
9. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB621 HFLR.PDF)
10. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB621 SFLR.PDF)
11. **SB621 (3-06-23) (PUGH) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB621 (3-06-23) (PUGH) RT FA1.PDF)
12. **SB621 FULLPCS1 ANDY FUGATE-LRB.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB621 FULLPCS1 ANDY FUGATE-LRB.PDF)
13. **Senate Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCCS/SB621 CCS.PDF)

## Votes

- Fourth Reading — **60–32** (pass) · lower
- Committee On Appropriations: Strike The Title, Motion By Senator Thompson (R) - Adopted — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Emergency — **58–29** (pass) · lower
- Reconsider Measure — **68–21** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **79–13** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **41–3** (pass) · upper
- Fourth Reading — **41–54** (fail) · lower
- Rules Committee: Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- Pugh — 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 Pugh
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Business and Commerce Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Reported Do Pass as amended Business and Commerce committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Coauthored by Representative Hill (principal House author)
- **2023-02-22** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Title stricken
- **2023-03-07** General Order, Amended
- **2023-03-07** Title restored
- **2023-03-07** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-08** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-03-08** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** CR; Do Pass Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26** General Order
- **2023-04-26** Coauthored by Representative(s) Archer, Lepak
- **2023-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Title stricken
- **2023-04-26** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 79 Nays: 13 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-04-27** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-04-27** HAs read
- **2023-05-15** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-17** SCs named Pugh, Coleman, Thompson (Kristen), Seifried, Weaver, Young
- **2023-05-18** Conference granted, naming Conference Committee on Rules
- **2023-05-19** CCR read
- **2023-05-19** Title restored
- **2023-05-24** CCR adopted
- **2023-05-24** Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 34 Nays: 10 `passage`
- **2023-05-24** CCR submitted
- **2023-05-25** CCR adopted
- **2023-05-25** Fourth Reading, Measure failed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 54
- **2023-05-25** Notice served to reconsider vote by Representative Hill
- **2023-05-26** Motion to reconsider adopted: Ayes: 68 Nays: 21
- **2023-05-26** Fourth Reading, Measure passed and Emergency failed: Ayes: 60 Nays: 32; Ayes: 58 Nays: 29 `passage`
- **2023-05-26** To Senate
- **2023-05-26** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-05-26** Enrolled, to House
- **2023-05-26** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-05-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-07** Approved by Governor 06/07/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4b5b937-d90a-41af-b557-62d5d3da96f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).