---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business entities; Oklahoma General Corporation Act; Oklahoma Limited Liability Company Act; codification; effective date."
description: "Business entities; Oklahoma General Corporation Act; Oklahoma Limited Liability Company Act; codification; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 3498"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3498 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duel", "Reinhardt"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a5ece5a-41ed-43b5-a5d4-7cf5879d54cf"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3498&session=2600"
source_hash: "018843d198540aa450bd6c0bef46be0d727be9e3f79d6bf2556a02aa9be7f8cb"
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 HB 3498 (2026) — Business entities; Oklahoma General Corporation Act; Oklahoma Limited Liability Company Act; codification; effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 INT/hB/HB3498 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/HB3498 SAHB AND ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB3498 PCS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB3498 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB3498 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB3498 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB3498 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **87–3** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Commerce And Economic Development Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Business Committee: Do Pass — **7–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Duel — primary (person)
- Reinhardt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** Authored by Representative Duel
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Commerce and Economic Development Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Business `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Policy recommendation to the Commerce and Economic Development Oversight committee; Do Pass Business `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-24** CR; Do Pass Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-24** Coauthored by Representative(s) Hill, Archer
- **2026-03-11** General Order
- **2026-03-11** Coauthored by Representative(s) Townley
- **2026-03-11** Authored by Senator Reinhardt (principal Senate author)
- **2026-03-11** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 3 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-16** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-16** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-21** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-23** Placed on General Order
- **2026-05-05** General Order, Considered
- **2026-05-05** Measure passed: Ayes: 47 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-05-05** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-05-05** SA's received
- **2026-05-06** SA's read, adopted
- **2026-05-06** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2026-05-06** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-05-06** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2026-05-06** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2026-05-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-12** Approved by Governor 05/12/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a5ece5a-41ed-43b5-a5d4-7cf5879d54cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).