---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles; following too closely; providing certain exceptions; defining certain term. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Motor vehicles; following too closely; providing certain exceptions; defining certain term. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 189"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 189 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jech", "Newton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abeff5c3-11f7-4700-b0ce-4d84803009ad"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB189&session=2000"
source_hash: "a970cbd61d9a0f42f334b253a090692da4dd7a45f20a8434aeddeb8aef387f46"
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 189 (2020) — Motor vehicles; following too closely; providing certain exceptions; defining certain term. 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/SB189 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB189 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB189 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB189 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB189 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Jech — primary (person)
- Newton — 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 Jech
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-18** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Coauthored by Representative Newton (principal House author)
- **2019-03-04** General Order, Considered
- **2019-03-04** Measure and Emergency 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`
- **2019-03-28** CR; Do Pass Public Safety Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** General Order
- **2019-04-24** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 82 Nays: 10 `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/abeff5c3-11f7-4700-b0ce-4d84803009ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).