---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles; creating special license plates. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Motor vehicles; creating special license plates. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 170"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 170 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frix", "Standridge"]
version_count: 18
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4471945-1693-4325-952c-a4d45a091b5a"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB170&session=2000"
source_hash: "d62e940b936c03ebe0a039d88d8809b77b018cbdf110c3dd6c60495695ace45c"
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 170 (2020) — Motor vehicles; creating special license plates. Effective date. 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/SB170 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by SIMS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB170 FA1 SIMSLO-MB(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **2 Floor Amendment by BENNETT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB170 FA2 BENNETTFO-JBH(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
4. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB170 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB170 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB170 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB170 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB170 SFLR.PDF)
9. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB170 HCS.PDF)
10. **SB170 (3-04-19) (STANDRIDGE) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB170 (3-04-19) (STANDRIDGE) FA1.PDF)
11. **SB170 (3-06-19) (STANDRIDGE) FS FA2.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB170 (3-06-19) (STANDRIDGE) FS FA2.PDF)
12. **SB170 FULLAMD1 REGINA GOODWIN-MB.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB170 FULLAMD1 REGINA GOODWIN-MB.PDF)
13. **SB170 FULLPCS1 AVERY FRIX-JBH.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB170 FULLPCS1 AVERY FRIX-JBH.PDF)
14. **SB170 FULLPCS1-AMD1 ANDY FUGATE-JBH.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB170 FULLPCS1-AMD1 ANDY FUGATE-JBH.PDF)
15. **SB170 FULLPCS1-AMD2 MARK LAWSON-JBH.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB170 FULLPCS1-AMD2 MARK LAWSON-JBH.PDF)
16. **SB170 FULLPCS1-AMD3 REGINA GOODWIN-MB.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB170 FULLPCS1-AMD3 REGINA GOODWIN-MB.PDF)
17. **SB170 FULLPCS1-AMD4 REGINA GOODWIN-MB.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB170 FULLPCS1-AMD4 REGINA GOODWIN-MB.PDF)
18. **Senate Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCCS/SB170 CCS.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frix — primary (person)
- Standridge — 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 Standridge
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Transportation `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-05** Reported Do Pass Transportation committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-07** Coauthored by Representative Fugate (principal House author)
- **2019-03-11** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2019-03-11** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 1 `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 Transportation `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Transportation Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-15** Remove Representative Fugate as principal House author and substitute with Representative Frix
- **2019-04-15** Coauthored by Representative(s) Fugate
- **2019-04-15** Coauthored by Senator(s) Sharp
- **2019-04-25** General Order
- **2019-04-25** Coauthored by Representative(s) Rosecrants
- **2019-04-25** House Rule suspended
- **2019-04-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-29** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-04-29** HAs read
- **2019-04-30** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2019-05-01** Conference granted, naming Conference Committee on Transportation
- **2019-05-02** coauthored by Goodwin
- **2019-05-02** SCs named Standridge, Bergstrom, Daniels, Sharp, Brooks, Young
- **2019-05-06** coauthored by Conley
- **2019-05-13** coauthored by Davis
- **2019-05-14** CCR read
- **2019-05-14** Emergency added
- **2019-05-15** CCR adopted
- **2019-05-15** Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 47 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-15** CCR submitted
- **2019-05-20** CCR adopted
- **2019-05-20** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-20** To Senate
- **2019-05-20** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-20** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-05-20** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-05-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-23** Approved by Governor 05/23/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4471945-1693-4325-952c-a4d45a091b5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).