---
type: "Bill"
title: "Soldiers and sailors; increasing maximum reimbursement rate for unpaid expenses resulting from interment or cremation. Effective date."
description: "Soldiers and sailors; increasing maximum reimbursement rate for unpaid expenses resulting from interment or cremation. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 340"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 340 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hardin (Tommy)", "Simpson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cca82060-219d-4296-8e93-0f334b97952a"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB340&session=2000"
source_hash: "efb3b677e6d0cc78df2dbb0a48b3f6b023e1e82d7ddc960e9736dbc62a981c97"
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 340 (2020) — Soldiers and sailors; increasing maximum reimbursement rate for unpaid expenses resulting from interment or cremation. 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/SB340 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB340 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB340 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB340 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB340 SFLR.PDF)
6. **SB340 (2-27-19) (SIMPSON) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB340 (2-27-19) (SIMPSON) RT FA1.PDF)

## 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 Committee then to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** Coauthored by Representative Hardin (Tommy) (principal House author)
- **2019-02-07** Reported Do Pass Veterans and Military Affairs committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-13** Title stricken
- **2019-03-06** Coauthored by Senator Rosino
- **2019-03-06** General Order, Amended
- **2019-03-06** Title restored
- **2019-03-06** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `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 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 Senator(s) Weaver
- **2019-04-16** General Order
- **2019-04-16** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-04-17** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-04-22** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-04-22** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-04-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-25** Approved by Governor 04/25/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cca82060-219d-4296-8e93-0f334b97952a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).