---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors; extending sunset date. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors; extending sunset date. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1465"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1465 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergstrom", "Kendrix"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c5d3040-e246-4d09-8a66-af0fc90cef80"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1465&session=2600"
source_hash: "d0854eaec20bd3e2aa525e15217dd8e2766e8e3a85fedd9336bb7cc13d1b648a"
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 1465 (2026) — State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors; extending sunset date. Effective date. Emergency.

## 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/SB/SB1465 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1465 CA1.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1465 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1465 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1465 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1465 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Administrative Rules Committee: Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **74–14** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **43–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bergstrom — primary (person)
- Kendrix — 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 Senator Bergstrom
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Business and Insurance `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Coauthored by Representative Kendrix (principal House author)
- **2026-02-12** Reported Do Pass as amended Business and Insurance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-17** Placed on General Order
- **2026-03-04** General Order, Considered
- **2026-03-04** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-05** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-03-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Administrative Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** CR; Do Pass Administrative Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-29** General Order
- **2026-04-29** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 74 Nays: 14 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-29** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-04-29** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-04-29** Enrolled, to House
- **2026-04-29** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-06** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/06/2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c5d3040-e246-4d09-8a66-af0fc90cef80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).