---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public finance; creating petty cash fund for Department of Environmental Quality. Effective date."
description: "Public finance; creating petty cash fund for Department of Environmental Quality. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 536"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 536 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jech", "Newton"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d73433d4-3e88-45e1-9825-801686b3f765"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB536&session=2000"
source_hash: "844b14ec284a175a4a95b2a962ea53837cf36b649c024f68ba0670bf020a089e"
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 536 (2020) — Public finance; creating petty cash fund for Department of Environmental Quality. 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/SB536 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB536 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB536 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB536 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB536 SFLR.PDF)
6. **SB536 (2-26-19) (JECH) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB536 (2-26-19) (JECH) RT FA1.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jech — primary (person)
- Newton — 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 Jech
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Appropriations `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-05** Referred to Appr/Sub-Natural Resources and Regulatory Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appr/Sub-Natural Resources and Regulatory Services sub-committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-13** Coauthored by Representative Newton (principal House author)
- **2019-02-20** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20** Title stricken
- **2019-02-27** General Order, Amended
- **2019-02-27** Title restored
- **2019-02-27** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-02-28** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-02-28** 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 Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-09** General Order
- **2019-04-09** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 96 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-04-09** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-04-10** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-04-10** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-04-10** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-16** Approved by Governor 04/16/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d73433d4-3e88-45e1-9825-801686b3f765`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).