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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Abstracting; modifying requirements under the Oklahoma Abstractors Act; providing exception for determination of unnecessary delay; increasing certain civil penalties."
description: "Abstracting; modifying requirements under the Oklahoma Abstractors Act; providing exception for determination of unnecessary delay; increasing certain civil penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 979"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 979 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "McEntire"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2024-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8753798f-ff18-420e-9bd6-b619fdd83169"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB979&session=2400"
source_hash: "49fd237dfae8fd8b642c9234d91034e563b51f0a0048aaca57e2eb313c270fce"
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 979 (2024) — Abstracting; modifying requirements under the Oklahoma Abstractors Act; providing exception for determination of unnecessary delay; increasing certain civil penalties.
## 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/SB979 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB979 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB979 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB979 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB979 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB979 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB979 HCS.PDF)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **780** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **460** (pass) · upper
- Fourth Reading — **360** (pass) · upper
- Business And Commerce Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **90** (pass) · lower
- Business & Commerce — **100** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Howard — primary (person)
- McEntire — 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 Howard
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Business and Commerce `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Coauthored by Representative McEntire (principal House author)
- **2023-02-08** Coauthored by Senator Bullard
- **2023-02-13** Reported Do Pass Business and Commerce committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23** General Order, Considered
- **2023-02-23** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-02-27** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-02-27** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Business and Commerce `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business and Commerce Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-25** General Order
- **2024-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 78 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-04-29** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-29** HAs read
- **2024-05-22** HAs adopted
- **2024-05-22** Measure passed: Ayes: 36 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2024-05-22** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-05-23** Enrolled, to House
- **2024-05-23** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-05-23** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-28** Approved by Governor 05/28/2024 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8753798f-ff18-420e-9bd6-b619fdd83169`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).