---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vulnerable adults; modifying and adding certain definitions to the Protective Services for Vulnerable Adults Act. Effective date."
description: "Vulnerable adults; modifying and adding certain definitions to the Protective Services for Vulnerable Adults Act. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 201"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 201 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McEntire", "Thompson"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70f3d700-3efe-4996-8c5b-2dd0bd5f26fc"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB201&session=2000"
source_hash: "65294ae667b2148c34b2343ffb10fdd890d105ec8e0c1d22fcfc9e8eb34d1e93"
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 201 (2020) — Vulnerable adults; modifying and adding certain definitions to the Protective Services for Vulnerable Adults Act. 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/SB201 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB201 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB201 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB201 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB201 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB201 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB201 HCS.PDF)
8. **SB201 (3-11-19) (THOMPSON) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB201 (3-11-19) (THOMPSON) RT FA1.PDF)
9. **SB201 SUBAMD1 TOMMY HARDIN-SD.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB201 SUBAMD1 TOMMY HARDIN-SD.PDF)
10. **SB201 SUBAMD2 TOMMY HARDIN-EK.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB201 SUBAMD2 TOMMY HARDIN-EK.PDF)
11. **Sub Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB201 SUBREC.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- FOURTH READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McEntire — primary (person)
- Thompson — 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 Thompson
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Committee then to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-18** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-18** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20** Title stricken
- **2019-03-05** Coauthored by Representative McEntire (principal House author)
- **2019-03-11** Coauthored by Senator Bergstrom
- **2019-03-12** General Order, Amended
- **2019-03-12** Title restored
- **2019-03-12** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-12** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-13** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-03-13** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-03-20** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Human Services Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Human Services Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-25** General Order
- **2019-04-25** Coauthored by Representative(s) Lawson, Manger, Roe
- **2019-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 68 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-29** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-04-29** HAs read
- **2019-05-06** HAs adopted
- **2019-05-06** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-06** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-07** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-05-07** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-05-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-13** Approved by Governor 05/13/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70f3d700-3efe-4996-8c5b-2dd0bd5f26fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).