republic-os/legislation/us/states/ok/2026/sb-1944.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Administrative Workers' Compensation Act; modifying definition. Effective date.	Administrative Workers' Compensation Act; modifying definition. Effective date.	us/states/ok	Oklahoma Legislature	2026	SB 1944	Oklahoma SB 1944 (2026)	bill		enacted	Murdock	7	27	5	2026-02-02	2026-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/12f2396f-a547-464f-9537-7a3917a37571	http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1944&session=2600	6596fbbfbd4773ddb6767697f6ff4eee134bdf562df8404dde3db664c4ce9ace	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ok

Oklahoma SB 1944 (2026) — Administrative Workers' Compensation Act; 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/SB1944 INT.PDF)
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1944 ENGR.PDF)
3. Enrolled (final version) (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1944 ENR.PDF)
4. Floor (House) (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1944 HFLR.PDF)
5. Floor (Senate) (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1944 SFLR.PDF)
6. SB1944 (3-02-26) (MURDOCK) FS FA1.PDF (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1944 (3-02-26) (MURDOCK) FS FA1.PDF)
7. SB1944 (3-02-26) (MURDOCK) RT FA2.PDF (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1944 (3-02-26) (MURDOCK) RT FA2.PDF)

Votes

• Third Reading — 39–2 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 87–1 (pass) · lower
• Civil Judiciary Committee: Do Pass — 8–1 (pass) · lower
• Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass Amended — 10–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Murdock — 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 Murdock
• 2026-02-03 Second Reading referred to Business and Insurance reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-02-10 Coauthored by Representative Newton (principal House author)
• 2026-02-12 Reported Do Pass as amended Business and Insurance committee; CR filed committee-passage
• 2026-02-12 Title stricken
• 2026-02-17 Placed on General Order
• 2026-03-26 General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
• 2026-03-26 Title restored
• 2026-03-26 Measure passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 2 passage
• 2026-03-26 Referred for engrossment
• 2026-03-30 Engrossed to House passage
• 2026-03-30 First Reading introduction, reading-1
• 2026-03-31 Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-03-31 Referred to Civil Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-03-31 Remove Representative Newton as principal House author and substitute with Representative Travis
• 2026-04-06 Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Civil Judiciary committee-passage
• 2026-04-06 Coauthored by Representative(s) Newton
• 2026-04-16 CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee committee-passage
• 2026-05-06 General Order
• 2026-05-06 Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 1 passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-06 Signed, returned to Senate
• 2026-05-06 Referred for enrollment
• 2026-05-06 Enrolled, to House
• 2026-05-06 Signed, returned to Senate
• 2026-05-06 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-13 Approved by Governor 05/12/2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/12f2396f-a547-464f-9537-7a3917a37571. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).