---
type: "Bill"
title: "Joint resolution; approving proposed permanent rules of certain state agencies."
description: "Joint resolution; approving proposed permanent rules of certain state agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SJR 21"
citation: "Oklahoma SJR 21 (2026)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergstrom", "Kendrix"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-05-01"
last_action: "2025-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bc9f7b9-d395-401c-9ad0-90c243a1b7c8"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SJR21&session=2600"
source_hash: "fef99c19c8fbf25b2c2789931f480f3bdc4798839852f127fe401d25c7f742ba"
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 SJR 21 (2026) — Joint resolution; approving proposed permanent rules of certain state agencies.

## 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/SRES/SJR21 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SJR21 CA1.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SJR21 CA2.PDF)
4. **Committee Amendment 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SJR21 CA3.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SRES/SJR21 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SRES/SJR21 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SJR21 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SJR21 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Administrative Rules — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **86–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Administrative Rules Committee: Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bergstrom — primary (person)
- Kendrix — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-01** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-01** Authored by Senator Bergstrom
- **2025-05-01** Coauthored by Representative Kendrix (principal House author)
- **2025-05-05** Second Reading referred to Administrative Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Reported Do Pass as amended Administrative Rules committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-12** Placed on General Order
- **2025-05-13** General Order, Considered
- **2025-05-13** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-05-14** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-05-14** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-15** Second Reading referred to Administrative Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** CR; Do Pass Administrative Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-21** General Order
- **2025-05-21** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2025-05-21** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-21** Enrolled, to House
- **2025-05-21** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2025-05-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/28/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bc9f7b9-d395-401c-9ad0-90c243a1b7c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).