---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act; modifying definition of industrial hemp. Effective date."
description: "Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act; modifying definition of industrial hemp. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 1783"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1783 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kerbs", "Paxton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4309062e-1bab-4d59-a2ee-ccceeb62ae12"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1783&session=2000"
source_hash: "a75a1ea7b282553d9583fc91ff748275631d573269b6f92bd30015d95ecba391"
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 1783 (2020) — Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act; modifying definition of industrial hemp. 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/SB1783 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB1783 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB1783 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB1783 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB1783 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Kerbs — primary (person)
- Paxton — 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 Paxton
- **2020-02-06** Second Reading referred to Agriculture and Wildlife `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2020-02-17** Reported Do Pass Agriculture and Wildlife committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20** Coauthored by Representative Kerbs (principal House author)
- **2020-03-09** General Order, Considered
- **2020-03-09** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Referred for engrossment
- **2020-03-10** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2020-03-10** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-17** Second Reading referred to Agriculture and Rural Development `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2020-04-06** Withdrawn from Agriculture and Rural Development, Direct to Calendar
- **2020-05-14** General Order
- **2020-05-14** Coauthored by Representative(s) Fugate
- **2020-05-14** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 100 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-05-14** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2020-05-14** Referred for enrollment
- **2020-05-14** Enrolled, to House
- **2020-05-14** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2020-05-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-20** Approved by Governor 05/20/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4309062e-1bab-4d59-a2ee-ccceeb62ae12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).