---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foster care; authorizing appointment of an advocate; adding documentation to be provided to certain child leaving foster care; increasing age of eligibility for certain services. Effective date."
description: "Foster care; authorizing appointment of an advocate; adding documentation to be provided to certain child leaving foster care; increasing age of eligibility for certain services. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 141"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 141 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simpson", "Townley"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4989803f-347d-4f62-ac0a-7e9f208e2a3f"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB141&session=2000"
source_hash: "680775234a4a02fdb837e5b078688b4200fbc4c6bd5ed206725ff4505f518496"
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 141 (2020) — Foster care; authorizing appointment of an advocate; adding documentation to be provided to certain child leaving foster care; increasing age of eligibility for certain services. 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/SB/SB141 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB141 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB141 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB141 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB141 SFLR.PDF)
6. **SB141 (2-28-19) (SIMPSON) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB141 (2-28-19) (SIMPSON) FS FA1.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simpson — primary (person)
- Townley — 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 Senator Simpson
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-13** Coauthored by Representative Townley (principal House author)
- **2019-02-18** Reported Do Pass as amended Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-11** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2019-03-11** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-12** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading referred to Children, Youth and Family Services `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-03-27** CR; Do Pass Children, Youth and Family Services Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** General Order
- **2019-04-24** Coauthored by Representative(s) Sims
- **2019-04-24** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 96 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-04-24** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-04-25** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-04-25** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-30** Approved by Governor 04/30/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4989803f-347d-4f62-ac0a-7e9f208e2a3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).