---
type: "Bill"
title: "Definitions and general provisions; designating Oklahoma as a Purple Heart State. Effective date."
description: "Definitions and general provisions; designating Oklahoma as a Purple Heart State. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 232"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 232 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hardin (Tommy)", "Simpson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/284c0f2b-c0f9-4a61-8ef6-d17e59ada2c2"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB232&session=2000"
source_hash: "9022df8c681c791658eb87f72b88c08f595d7eaeb776573b51f33d14b7a0ec72"
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 232 (2020) — Definitions and general provisions; designating Oklahoma as a Purple Heart State. 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/SB232 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB232 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB232 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB232 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB232 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hardin (Tommy) — primary (person)
- Simpson — 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 Simpson
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** Coauthored by Representative Hardin (Tommy) (principal House author)
- **2019-02-07** Coauthored by Senator Rosino
- **2019-02-07** Reported Do Pass Veterans and Military Affairs committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-07** Coauthored by Senator Stanley
- **2019-02-11** Coauthored by Representative McDugle
- **2019-02-18** Coauthored by Senator Dugger
- **2019-02-18** General Order, Considered
- **2019-02-18** Measure passed: Ayes: 48 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-18** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-02-19** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-02-19** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-03-25** CR; Do Pass Veterans and Military Affairs Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-25** Coauthored by Representative(s) West (Josh)
- **2019-04-15** General Order
- **2019-04-15** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 100 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-04-15** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-04-16** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-04-16** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-04-16** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-16** Approved by Governor 04/18/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/284c0f2b-c0f9-4a61-8ef6-d17e59ada2c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).