---
type: "Bill"
title: "Militia; authorizing the expenditure of appropriated and nonappropriated funds to enhance recruiting efforts. Emergency."
description: "Militia; authorizing the expenditure of appropriated and nonappropriated funds to enhance recruiting efforts. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 1361"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1361 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bice", "Burns"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f7e4f4b-ef6c-43b9-9784-ddd664a1a835"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1361&session=2000"
source_hash: "0e3a7fb3d61ea4cc066dfd68cddf6ede02e4150893135ddc2756cc63b81e57cb"
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 1361 (2020) — Militia; authorizing the expenditure of appropriated and nonappropriated funds to enhance recruiting efforts. Emergency.

## 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/SB/SB1361 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB1361 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB1361 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB1361 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB1361 SFLR.PDF)
6. **SB1361 (2-24-20) (BICE) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1361 (2-24-20) (BICE) RT FA1.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Bice — primary (person)
- Burns — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** Authored by Senator Bice
- **2020-02-06** Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs Committee then to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2020-02-13** Reported Do Pass Veterans and Military Affairs committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-19** Title stricken
- **2020-02-19** Emergency clause stricken
- **2020-02-26** Coauthored by Representative Burns (principal House author)
- **2020-03-04** General Order, Amended
- **2020-03-04** Title restored
- **2020-03-04** Emergency clause restored
- **2020-03-04** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Referred for engrossment
- **2020-03-05** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2020-03-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-17** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2020-03-17** Referred to Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-06** Withdrawn from Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee
- **2020-04-06** Withdrawn from Appropriations and Budget, Direct to Calendar
- **2020-05-15** General Order
- **2020-05-15** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-05-15** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2020-05-15** Referred for enrollment
- **2020-05-15** Enrolled, to House
- **2020-05-15** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2020-05-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-21** Approved by Governor 05/21/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f7e4f4b-ef6c-43b9-9784-ddd664a1a835`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).