republic-os/legislation/us/states/ok/2020/sb-876.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision; authorizing Board to hire physician as Medical Advisor; licenses; application; registration; suspension of licensure. Effective date."
description: "State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision; authorizing Board to hire physician as Medical Advisor; licenses; application; registration; suspension of licensure. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 876"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 876 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell (Chad)", "McCortney"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d3e96af-ece6-4b6f-ac9c-a05bbcd34347"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB876&session=2000"
source_hash: "45bdb2d0a82bc361ad2a3868ae9102c500ecced4b6b0b74e4eeea4c16d381836"
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 876 (2020) — State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision; authorizing Board to hire physician as Medical Advisor; licenses; application; registration; suspension of licensure. Effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 INT/SB/SB876 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB876 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB876 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB876 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB876 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB876 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB876 HCS.PDF)
8. **SB876 FULLPCS1 CHAD CALDWELL-SH.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB876 FULLPCS1 CHAD CALDWELL-SH.PDF)
9. **Senate Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCCS/SB876 CCS.PDF)
10. **Sub Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB876 SUBREC.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **43–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Caldwell (Chad) — primary (person)
- McCortney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Authored by Senator McCortney
- **2019-02-07** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Committee then to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-18** Coauthored by Representative Caldwell (Chad) (principal House author)
- **2019-02-18** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-18** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20** Title stricken
- **2019-02-27** General Order, Considered
- **2019-02-27** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-02-28** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-02-28** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-03-20** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Non-Appropriated Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Non-Appropriated Agencies Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-10** Withdrawn from Appropriations and Budget Committee
- **2019-04-10** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-15** Title restored
- **2019-04-24** General Order
- **2019-04-24** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-25** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-04-25** HAs read
- **2019-05-02** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2019-05-07** SCs named McCortney, Smalley, Daniels, Rosino, Ikley-Freeman, Hicks
- **2019-05-14** Conference granted, naming Conference Committee on Rules
- **2019-05-16** CCR read
- **2019-05-20** CCR adopted
- **2019-05-20** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 45 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2019-05-20** CCR submitted
- **2019-05-22** CCR adopted
- **2019-05-22** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-22** To Senate
- **2019-05-22** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-22** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-05-22** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-05-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-28** Approved by Governor 05/28/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d3e96af-ece6-4b6f-ac9c-a05bbcd34347`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).