---
type: "Bill"
title: "Labor; requiring state agency to allow paid break time under certain circumstances. Effective date."
description: "Labor; requiring state agency to allow paid break time under certain circumstances. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 285"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 285 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bush", "David"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2020-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1eabf27c-f08c-4222-9b03-a7cc6dadc314"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB285&session=2000"
source_hash: "bee890966265faa3dc511f9f43d11b676ac16a2ac3c7f6337f59e6ca0722fe4f"
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 285 (2020) — Labor; requiring state agency to allow paid break time under certain circumstances. 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/SB285 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB285 PCS.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB285 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB285 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB285 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB285 SFLR.PDF)
7. **SB285 (3-05-20) (DAVID) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB285 (3-05-20) (DAVID) RT FA1.PDF)
8. **SB285 (3-09-20) (DAVID) FS FA2.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB285 (3-09-20) (DAVID) FS FA2.PDF)
9. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB285 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Bush — primary (person)
- David — 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 Dossett
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee then to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2020-02-24** Withdrawn from Appropriations committee
- **2020-02-24** Referred to Business, Commerce and Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Remove as author Senator Dossett; authored by Senator David
- **2020-02-27** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business and Commerce committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-27** Title stricken
- **2020-03-02** Coauthored by Representative Bush (principal House author)
- **2020-03-10** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2020-03-10** Title restored
- **2020-03-10** Measure passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Referred for engrossment
- **2020-03-11** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2020-03-11** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-05-06** Second Reading, direct to Calendar
- **2020-05-12** General Order
- **2020-05-12** Coauthored by Representative(s) Roe
- **2020-05-12** Coauthored by Senator(s) Kirt
- **2020-05-12** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 12 `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-05-12** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2020-05-12** Referred for enrollment
- **2020-05-13** Enrolled, to House
- **2020-05-13** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2020-05-13** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-19** Approved by Governor 05/19/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1eabf27c-f08c-4222-9b03-a7cc6dadc314`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).