---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver licenses; directing photograph retrieval through Oklahoma Law Enforcement Telecommunications System. Effective dates."
description: "Driver licenses; directing photograph retrieval through Oklahoma Law Enforcement Telecommunications System. Effective dates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 259"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 259 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ford", "Pemberton"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18b2de91-ec85-4cf4-96ba-f5a19737d49a"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB259&session=2000"
source_hash: "76c979365ede0b0fba72435a0343d4f79109649c4f1c7cc2d9372a4cd4ed57de"
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 259 (2020) — Driver licenses; directing photograph retrieval through Oklahoma Law Enforcement Telecommunications System. Effective dates.

## 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/SB259 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by FORD** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB259 FA1 FORDRO-JBH.PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB259 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB259 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB259 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB259 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB259 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **35–10** (pass) · upper
- FOURTH READING — **37–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ford — primary (person)
- Pemberton — 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 Pemberton
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-14** Coauthored by Representative Meredith (principal House author)
- **2019-02-25** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06** General Order, Considered
- **2019-03-06** Measure passed: Ayes: 35 Nays: 10 `passage`
- **2019-03-06** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-07** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-03-07** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** CR; Do Pass Judiciary Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-02** Remove Representative Meredith as principal House author and substitute with Representative Ford
- **2019-04-02** Coauthored by Representative(s) Meredith
- **2019-04-02** Coauthored by Senator(s) Weaver
- **2019-04-17** General Order
- **2019-04-17** Coauthored by Representative(s) Roberts (Dustin)
- **2019-04-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-17** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 3 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-18** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-04-22** HAs read
- **2019-05-01** HAs adopted
- **2019-05-01** Measure passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 7 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-02** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-05-02** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-05-02** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Approved by Governor 05/07/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18b2de91-ec85-4cf4-96ba-f5a19737d49a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).