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type: "Bill"
title: "Employment benefits; modifying conditions for disqualification; specifying work search actions. Effective date."
description: "Employment benefits; modifying conditions for disqualification; specifying work search actions. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1277"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1277 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvord", "Hill"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/200549d7-67f9-4810-821f-65a3811ada3f"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1277&session=2600"
source_hash: "5f7c0554bbfe32138b786efae418fb522c59282ed774353f8896ebfd2b349cfc"
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 1277 (2026) — Employment benefits; modifying conditions for disqualification; specifying work search actions. 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/SB1277 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1277 PCS.PDF)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB1277 CS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1277 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1277 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1277 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1277 SFLR.PDF)
## Votes
- Commerce And Economic Development Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **140** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended Cs — **80** (pass) · upper
- Business Committee: Do Pass — **80** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **460** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **815** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alvord — primary (person)
- Hill — 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 Alvord
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Business and Insurance `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Coauthored by Representative Hill (principal House author)
- **2026-02-19** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business and Insurance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-24** Placed on General Order
- **2026-03-09** General Order, Considered
- **2026-03-09** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-10** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-03-10** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Commerce and Economic Development Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Referred to Business `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-07** Policy recommendation to the Commerce and Economic Development Oversight committee; Do Pass Business `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-14** CR; Do Pass Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-05** General Order
- **2026-05-05** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 81 Nays: 5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-05** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-05-05** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-05-06** Enrolled, to House
- **2026-05-06** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-05-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-12** Approved by Governor 05/11/2026 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/200549d7-67f9-4810-821f-65a3811ada3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).