---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cities and towns; terminating certain temporary budget option upon certain circumstances; creating the Municipal Government COVID-19 Emergency Budget Act. Emergency."
description: "Cities and towns; terminating certain temporary budget option upon certain circumstances; creating the Municipal Government COVID-19 Emergency Budget Act. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 187"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 187 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Montgomery", "Taylor"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2020-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea3f0444-a592-41d3-b70d-bb879f54ade4"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB187&session=2000"
source_hash: "80a5accd32ffe223a310c06793400ecb7ab75c7c67fbea75d3ea5ce2c4aaf90d"
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 187 (2020) — Cities and towns; terminating certain temporary budget option upon certain circumstances; creating the Municipal Government COVID-19 Emergency Budget Act. 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/SB187 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Amendment to Amendment by SIMS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB187 FA1-A1 SIMSLO-AMM.PDF)
3. **1 Floor Amendment by TAYLOR** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB187 FA1 TAYLORZA-AMM.PDF)
4. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB187 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
5. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB187 PCS.PDF)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB187 ENGR.PDF)
7. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB187 ENR.PDF)
8. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB187 HFLR.PDF)
9. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB187 SFLR.PDF)
10. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB187 HCS.PDF)
11. **SB187 (2-26-19) (SHAW) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB187 (2-26-19) (SHAW) RT FA1.PDF)
12. **SB187 FULLPCS1 JUSTIN HUMPHREY-GRS.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB187 FULLPCS1 JUSTIN HUMPHREY-GRS.PDF)
13. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB187 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **44–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Montgomery — primary (person)
- Taylor — 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 Shaw
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Public Safety Committee then to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-18** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-18** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20** Title stricken
- **2019-02-26** Coauthored by Representative Humphrey (principal House author)
- **2019-03-04** General Order, Amended
- **2019-03-04** Title restored
- **2019-03-04** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2019-03-04** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-05** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-03-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety Committee `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-13** General Order
- **2020-05-13** Remove Representative Humphrey as principal House author and substitute with Representative Taylor
- **2020-05-13** Coauthored by Representative(s) Newton, Pae
- **2020-05-13** Remove Senator Shaw as principal Senate author and substitute with Senator Montgomery
- **2020-05-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-13** Emergency added
- **2020-05-13** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 100 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-05-13** Referred for engrossment
- **2020-05-13** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2020-05-13** HAs read
- **2020-05-14** HAs adopted
- **2020-05-14** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2020-05-14** Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 01
- **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/ea3f0444-a592-41d3-b70d-bb879f54ade4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).