---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Public Safety; modifying positions included as unclassified service positions and personnel. Effective date."
description: "Department of Public Safety; modifying positions included as unclassified service positions and personnel. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 403"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 403 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortega", "Paxton"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbea95f0-71e2-456c-8911-e2b6aa1f2a3b"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB403&session=2000"
source_hash: "425877731c60d13968a5c827c562a6a65d605b3688c0227a1d51be421dd2b930"
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 403 (2020) — Department of Public Safety; modifying positions included as unclassified service positions and personnel. 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/SB403 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB403 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB403 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB403 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB403 SFLR.PDF)
6. **SB403 (2-20-19) (PAXTON) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB403 (2-20-19) (PAXTON) RT FA1.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ortega — primary (person)
- Paxton — 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 Paxton
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Appropriations `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-05** Referred to Appr/Sub-Public Safety and Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appr/Sub-Public Safety and Judiciary sub-committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-13** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-13** Title stricken
- **2019-02-19** Coauthored by Representative Ortega (principal House author)
- **2019-02-25** General Order, Amended
- **2019-02-25** Title restored
- **2019-02-25** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-02-26** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-02-26** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-03-20** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Public Safety Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Public Safety Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-04** CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16** General Order
- **2019-04-16** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 2 `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/cbea95f0-71e2-456c-8911-e2b6aa1f2a3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).