---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dental insurance claims; modifying definition. Effective date."
description: "Dental insurance claims; modifying definition. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1942"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1942 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moore", "Thompson (Kristen)"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12a2cb04-1e3f-4d3b-9e4a-308916f695d7"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1942&session=2600"
source_hash: "ef03fd0e4aa9cfbb9c72bc8a2edd82b481d12852a8c60a7954947ae2bc419f9c"
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 1942 (2026) — Dental insurance claims; modifying definition. 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/SB1942 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by TEDFORD** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB1942 FA1 TEDFORDMA-MAH.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1942 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1942 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1942 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1942 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **84–5** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–3** (pass) · upper
- Rules Committee: Do Pass — **10–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Moore — primary (person)
- Thompson (Kristen) — 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 Thompson
- **2026-02-02** Coauthored by Representative Moore (principal House author)
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Business and Insurance `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Coauthored by Senator Gillespie
- **2026-02-11** Coauthored by Senator Grellner
- **2026-02-11** Coauthored by Senator Daniels
- **2026-02-12** Reported Do Pass Business and Insurance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-17** Placed on General Order
- **2026-02-17** Coauthored by Senator McIntosh
- **2026-02-19** General Order, Considered
- **2026-02-19** Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-02-23** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-02-23** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-06** CR; Do Pass Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-09** General Order
- **2026-04-09** Coauthored by Representative(s) Stinson, Pae, Grego, Schreiber, Hasenbeck, Caldwell (Trey)
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-09** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-04-09** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-04-13** Enrolled, to House
- **2026-04-13** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-04-13** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-14** Approved by Governor 04/14/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12a2cb04-1e3f-4d3b-9e4a-308916f695d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).