republic-os/legislation/us/states/ok/2023/sb-212.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property; prohibiting certain ownership of land through business entity or trust; requiring affidavit with recording of deed. Effective date."
description: "Property; prohibiting certain ownership of land through business entity or trust; requiring affidavit with recording of deed. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 212"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 212 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bullard", "Humphrey"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 41
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0d97c4c-65b5-4e9d-b6d6-a24eca93f28a"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB212&session=2300"
source_hash: "ee9a3b4bbe480f862dcb9202fd31207722f6b1b6deb4fabb7adf7c13c8b03c30"
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 212 (2023) — Property; prohibiting certain ownership of land through business entity or trust; requiring affidavit with recording of deed. 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/2023-24 INT/SB/SB212 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Amendment to Amendment by HUMPHREY (Untimely Filed)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB212 FA1-A1 HUMPHREYJU-JL(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **1 Floor Amendment by HUMPHREY** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB212 FA1 HUMPHREYJU-JL.PDF)
4. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB212 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
5. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB212 PCS.PDF)
6. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB212 CS.PDF)
7. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB212 ENGR.PDF)
8. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB212 ENR.PDF)
9. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB212 HFLR.PDF)
10. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB212 SFLR.PDF)
11. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB212 HCS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Bullard — primary (person)
- Humphrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Senator Bullard
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Withdrawn from Judiciary committee
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Judiciary Committee then to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Coauthored by Representative Humphrey (principal House author)
- **2023-02-14** Reported Do Pass as amended Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Title stricken
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Coauthored by Senator Burns
- **2023-03-01** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01** Coauthored by Senator Stephens
- **2023-03-01** Coauthored by Senator Jett
- **2023-03-08** General Order, Considered
- **2023-03-08** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-08** Coauthored by Senator Hamilton
- **2023-03-09** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-03-09** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Business and Commerce `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business and Commerce Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05** Coauthored by Senator(s) Woods
- **2023-04-05** Title restored
- **2023-04-26** House Rule suspended
- **2023-04-26** General Order
- **2023-04-26** Coauthored by Representative(s) Boles
- **2023-04-26** Amended by floor substitute
- **2023-04-26** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 78 Nays: 6 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-04-27** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-04-27** HAs read
- **2023-04-27** Coauthored by Representative Wolfley
- **2023-05-19** HAs adopted
- **2023-05-19** Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 6 `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-05-19** Coauthored by Senator Bergstrom
- **2023-05-22** Enrolled, to House
- **2023-05-22** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-05-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-22** Coauthored by Senator Pederson
- **2023-06-06** Approved by Governor 06/06/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0d97c4c-65b5-4e9d-b6d6-a24eca93f28a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).