---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections; modifying circumstances under which substitute candidate's name may appear on ballot. Effective date."
description: "Elections; modifying circumstances under which substitute candidate's name may appear on ballot. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 394"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 394 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Floyd", "Virgin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e61dfb9e-dc57-41c0-af79-b1d54358aa0f"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB394&session=2000"
source_hash: "c58983357cb0ed1a7da1f0736b81393eabfc0332f701dc0981034be36e543b7f"
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 394 (2020) — Elections; modifying circumstances under which substitute candidate's name may appear on ballot. 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/SB394 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB394 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB394 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB394 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB394 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Floyd — primary (person)
- Virgin — 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 Floyd
- **2019-02-04** Coauthored by Representative Virgin (principal House author)
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Rules `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-13** Reported Do Pass Rules committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-19** General Order, Considered
- **2019-02-19** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-19** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-02-20** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-02-20** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading referred to Rules `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** CR; Do Pass Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16** General Order
- **2019-04-16** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 3 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-04-16** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-04-17** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-04-17** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-04-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-23** Approved by Governor 04/23/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e61dfb9e-dc57-41c0-af79-b1d54358aa0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).