---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cities and towns; qualifications of governing body members; specifying residency requirement be met at time of candidacy and election; effective date."
description: "Cities and towns; qualifications of governing body members; specifying residency requirement be met at time of candidacy and election; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1516"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1516 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall", "Kiger"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e28d569b-6074-42ed-a8c7-23f59b22a126"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1516&session=2000"
source_hash: "12b231f1f5f262c30cb27dd2af55aece351c822ef3a983b9d67ee2441301a957"
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 1516 (2020) — Cities and towns; qualifications of governing body members; specifying residency requirement be met at time of candidacy and election; 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/HB1516 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB1516 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB1516 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB1516 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB1516 SFLR.PDF)
6. **HB1516 FULLPCS1 LUNDY KIGER-AMM.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1516 FULLPCS1 LUNDY KIGER-AMM.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1516 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **36–8** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **78–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)
- Kiger — 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 McCall
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Rules `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13** General Order
- **2019-03-13** Remove Representative McCall as principal House author and substitute with Representative Kiger
- **2019-03-13** Authored by Senator Hall (principal Senate author)
- **2019-03-13** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 78 Nays: 17 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-14** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-14** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** Second Reading referred to General Government `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Withdrawn from General Government committee
- **2019-04-02** Second Reading referred to Rules `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-03** Reported Do Pass Rules committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-09** General Order, Considered
- **2019-04-09** Measure passed: Ayes: 36 Nays: 8 `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-04-10** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2019-04-10** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2019-04-10** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-16** Approved by Governor 04/16/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e28d569b-6074-42ed-a8c7-23f59b22a126`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).