--- type: "Bill" title: "Alcoholic beverages; decreasing alcohol license fee; allowing sale of certain sample spirits at certain events; removing certain production limits for distilleries. Effective date." description: "Alcoholic beverages; decreasing alcohol license fee; allowing sale of certain sample spirits at certain events; removing certain production limits for distilleries. Effective date." jurisdiction: "us/states/ok" legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature" session: "2026" identifier: "SB 1946" citation: "Oklahoma SB 1946 (2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Moore", "Murdock"] version_count: 8 action_count: 29 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2026-02-02" last_action: "2026-05-13" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46a9bb37-51c5-4bf7-b9e4-bbc61182c898" source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1946&session=2600" source_hash: "db670b81489dca2869b852a38e8cc022f0b43fdd3418dc7837409d0ac4be772d" 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 1946 (2026) — Alcoholic beverages; decreasing alcohol license fee; allowing sale of certain sample spirits at certain events; removing certain production limits for distilleries. 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/SB/SB1946 INT.PDF) 2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1946 ENGR.PDF) 3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1946 ENR.PDF) 4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1946 HFLR.PDF) 5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1946 SFLR.PDF) 6. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB1946 POLPCS1 ANTHONY MOORE-JL.PDF) 7. **SB1946 (2-25-26) (MURDOCK) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1946 (2-25-26) (MURDOCK) FS FA1.PDF) 8. **SB1946 (2-25-26) (MURDOCK) RT FA2.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1946 (2-25-26) (MURDOCK) RT FA2.PDF) ## Votes - Health And Human Services Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **10–4** (pass) · lower - Alcohol, Tobacco And Controlled Substances Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **8–1** (pass) · lower - Alcohol, Tobacco And Controlled Substances Committee: Do Pass — **7–2** (pass) · lower - Amendment — **42–2** (pass) · upper - Advance — **41–2** (pass) · upper - Third Reading — **52–34** (pass) · lower - Do Pass Amended — **10–0** (pass) · upper - Third Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Moore — primary (person) - Murdock — 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 Murdock - **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Business and Insurance Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2026-02-12** Reported Do Pass as amended Business and Insurance committee; CR filed `committee-passage` - **2026-02-12** Title stricken - **2026-02-12** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee` - **2026-02-19** Coauthored by Representative Moore (principal House author) - **2026-02-24** Withdrawn from Appropriations committee - **2026-02-24** Placed on General Order - **2026-03-25** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute - **2026-03-25** Title restored - **2026-03-25** Advanced to Third Reading - **2026-03-25** Ayes: 41 Nays: 2 - **2026-03-25** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 1 `passage` - **2026-03-25** Referred for engrossment - **2026-03-26** Engrossed to House `passage` - **2026-03-26** First Reading `introduction, reading-1` - **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2026-03-30** Referred to Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances `referral-committee` - **2026-04-08** Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances `committee-passage` - **2026-04-16** CR; Do Pass Health and Human Services Oversight Committee `committee-passage` - **2026-05-06** General Order - **2026-05-06** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 52 Nays: 34 `passage, reading-3` - **2026-05-06** Signed, returned to Senate - **2026-05-06** Referred for enrollment - **2026-05-06** Enrolled, to House - **2026-05-06** Signed, returned to Senate - **2026-05-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2026-05-13** 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/46a9bb37-51c5-4bf7-b9e4-bbc61182c898`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).