---
type: "Bill"
title: "Worker's compensation; expanding rights and remedies granted to certain persons; authorizing agreement between contractors to provide certain insurance coverage. Emergency."
description: "Worker's compensation; expanding rights and remedies granted to certain persons; authorizing agreement between contractors to provide certain insurance coverage. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 642"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 642 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hilbert", "Paxton"]
version_count: 15
action_count: 40
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f35f0735-1685-413a-927f-a3985c4df2fb"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB642&session=2600"
source_hash: "83a28a8ac3f38d17f22cf45e85c0c1910cc0414271f85815e6895c018bf53908"
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 642 (2026) — Worker's compensation; expanding rights and remedies granted to certain persons; authorizing agreement between contractors to provide certain insurance coverage. 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/SB642 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Amendment to Amendment by HILBERT (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB642 FA1-A1 HILBERTKY-TKR(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **1 Floor Amendment by HILBERT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB642 FA1 HILBERTKY-TKR.PDF)
4. **2 Amendment to Amendment by HILBERT (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB642 FA1-A2 HILBERTKY-TKR(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
5. **2 Floor Amendment by HILBERT (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB642 FA2 HILBERTKY-MAH(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
6. **3 Amendment to Amendment by HILBERT (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB642 FA1-A3 HILBERTKY-GRS(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
7. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/SB642 HASB AND ENGR.PDF)
8. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB642 PCS.PDF)
9. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB642 CS.PDF)
10. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB642 ENGR.PDF)
11. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB642 ENR.PDF)
12. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB642 HFLR.PDF)
13. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB642 SFLR.PDF)
14. **SB642 (3-17-25) (PAXTON) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB642 (3-17-25) (PAXTON) FA1.PDF)
15. **Senate Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCCS/SB642 CCS.PDF)

## Votes

- Fourth Reading — **40–6** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **37–7** (pass) · upper
- Fourth Reading — **81–12** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **74–18** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended Cs — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- Civil Judiciary Committee: Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hilbert — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Authored by Senator Paxton
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Business and Insurance `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business and Insurance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04** Placed on General Order
- **2025-03-13** Coauthored by Representative Hilbert (principal House author)
- **2025-03-18** General Order, Amended
- **2025-03-18** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 7 `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-24** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-03-24** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Referred to Civil Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Civil Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-22** CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-08** General Order
- **2025-05-08** Coauthored by Representative(s) Duel
- **2025-05-08** Amended by floor substitute
- **2025-05-08** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 74 Nays: 18 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Notice served to reconsider vote by Representative Kannady
- **2025-05-08** Motion to reconsider tabled
- **2025-05-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-05-12** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-12** HAs read
- **2025-05-13** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-13** SCs named Paxton, Howard, Daniels, Rader, Rosino, Pugh, Kirt
- **2025-05-15** Conference granted, naming Conference Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
- **2025-05-20** CCR read
- **2025-05-20** Coauthored by Representative Ford
- **2025-05-21** CCR adopted
- **2025-05-21** Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 40 Nays: 6 `passage`
- **2025-05-21** CCR submitted
- **2025-05-21** CCR adopted
- **2025-05-21** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 81 Nays: 12 `passage`
- **2025-05-21** 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`
- **2025-05-27** Approved by Governor 05/23/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f35f0735-1685-413a-927f-a3985c4df2fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).