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type: "Bill"
title: "Administrative Procedures Act; proposed permanent rules; requiring legislative approval for final rule adoption. Emergency."
description: "Administrative Procedures Act; proposed permanent rules; requiring legislative approval for final rule adoption. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 995"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 995 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergstrom", "Kendrix"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92b97fc3-0a44-4008-b869-130224b8515a"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB995&session=2600"
source_hash: "ade74ea7ff43d5beb569b15bcce125250a7217d68247364e7a2447c10967b46b"
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 995 (2026) — Administrative Procedures Act; proposed permanent rules; requiring legislative approval for final rule adoption. 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/SB995 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/SB995 HASB AND ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB995 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB995 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB995 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB995 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB995 HCS.PDF)
8. **Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB995 FULLPCS1 GERRID KENDRIX-SW.PDF)
## Votes
- Fourth Reading — **338** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **870** (pass) · lower
- Administrative Rules — **90** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **450** (pass) · upper
- Administrative Rules Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **110** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bergstrom — primary (person)
- Kendrix — 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 Bergstrom
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Administrative Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Coauthored by Senator Jett
- **2025-02-13** Coauthored by Representative Kendrix (principal House author)
- **2025-02-13** Reported Do Pass Administrative Rules committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19** Placed on General Order
- **2025-03-26** General Order, Considered
- **2025-03-26** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-27** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-03-27** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Administrative Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-17** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Administrative Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-07** General Order
- **2025-05-07** Coauthored by Representative(s) Williams, Cornwell, CrosswhiteHader, Duel
- **2025-05-07** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-07** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-05-08** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-08** HAs read
- **2025-05-08** Coauthored by Representative Wolfley
- **2025-05-15** HAs adopted
- **2025-05-15** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 33 Nays: 8 `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-19** Enrolled, to House
- **2025-05-19** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2025-05-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-27** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/26/2025 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92b97fc3-0a44-4008-b869-130224b8515a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).