---
type: "Bill"
title: "County jails; removing certain timeframe requirements; directing establishment of electronic notification. Effective date."
description: "County jails; removing certain timeframe requirements; directing establishment of electronic notification. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 244"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 244 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergstrom", "Taylor"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/311259fa-c039-4477-b5ea-6e280a11a456"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB244&session=2000"
source_hash: "2daddbfec07558d3ce856e4bcb96963563f10ad7350adbd49b7b62af4d24b11b"
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 244 (2020) — County jails; removing certain timeframe requirements; directing establishment of electronic notification. 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/SB244 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by STONE** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB244 FA1 STONESH-GRS.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB244 PCS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB244 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB244 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB244 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB244 SFLR.PDF)
8. **SB244 (3-05-19) (BERGSTROM) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB244 (3-05-19) (BERGSTROM) FS FA1.PDF)
9. **SB244 (3-07-19) (BERGSTROM) RT FA2.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB244 (3-07-19) (BERGSTROM) RT FA2.PDF)
10. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB244 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **35–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bergstrom — 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 Bergstrom
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Public Safety Committee then to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-07** Coauthored by Representative Taylor (principal House author)
- **2019-02-11** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-11** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Title stricken
- **2019-03-12** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2019-03-12** Title restored
- **2019-03-12** Measure passed: Ayes: 35 Nays: 9 `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 Public Safety `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** CR; Do Pass Public Safety Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-04** Coauthored by Representative(s) Hill
- **2019-04-24** General Order
- **2019-04-24** Coauthored by Representative(s) Mize, Boles, West (Josh)
- **2019-04-24** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 1 `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/311259fa-c039-4477-b5ea-6e280a11a456`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).