---
type: "Bill"
title: "State government; employment of attorneys by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs; effective date."
description: "State government; employment of attorneys by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1296"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1296 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller", "Rosino"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ff1270c-cc6f-4c04-9449-c3dce0a83f37"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1296&session=2000"
source_hash: "da2f749f2926eb04953fc101293ad0a3451fc7a277e9233e96ffa0040525ae79"
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 HB 1296 (2020) — State government; employment of attorneys by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs; 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/2019-20 INT/hB/HB1296 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB1296 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB1296 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB1296 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB1296 SFLR.PDF)
6. **HB1296 (4-08-19) (ROSINO) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1296 (4-08-19) (ROSINO) RT FA1.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Miller — primary (person)
- Rosino — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Authored by Representative Miller
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-11** CR; Do Pass Veterans and Military Affairs Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-19** General Order
- **2019-02-19** Coauthored by Representative(s) Luttrell
- **2019-02-19** Authored by Senator Rosino (principal Senate author)
- **2019-02-19** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 94 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-19** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-02-20** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-02-20** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs Committee then to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-03-28** Reported Do Pass Veterans and Military Affairs committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-03** Title stricken
- **2019-04-11** General Order, Amended
- **2019-04-11** Title restored
- **2019-04-11** Amendment restored bill to engrossed version `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-04-15** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2019-04-15** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2019-04-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-18** Approved by Governor 04/18/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ff1270c-cc6f-4c04-9449-c3dce0a83f37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).