---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; requiring public schools and public charter schools to offer certain computer science courses. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Schools; requiring public schools and public charter schools to offer certain computer science courses. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 593"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 593 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boatman", "Stanislawski"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a015d94-4be8-4047-ba91-9678bbc8da09"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB593&session=2000"
source_hash: "ca8f2d2740d2c31d8d9d01cecf9d2184c7a5a74ae2f6eab2c347af2e14f22d78"
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 593 (2020) — Schools; requiring public schools and public charter schools to offer certain computer science courses. Effective date. Emergency.

## 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/SB593 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by BOATMAN** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB593 FA1 BOATMANJE-EK(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB593 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB593 PCS.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB593 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB593 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB593 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB593 SFLR.PDF)
9. **SB593 (3-04-19) (STANISLAWSKI) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB593 (3-04-19) (STANISLAWSKI) FS FA1.PDF)
10. **SB593 (3-04-19) (STANISLAWSKI) FS FA2.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB593 (3-04-19) (STANISLAWSKI) FS FA2.PDF)
11. **SB593 (3-05-19) (STANISLAWSKI) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB593 (3-05-19) (STANISLAWSKI) RT FA1.PDF)
12. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB593 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **43–2** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **45–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boatman — primary (person)
- Stanislawski — 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 Stanislawski
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-12** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-12** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Title stricken
- **2019-02-27** Emergency clause stricken
- **2019-03-04** Coauthored by Representative Boatman (principal House author)
- **2019-03-13** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2019-03-13** Title restored
- **2019-03-13** Emergency clause restored
- **2019-03-13** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2019-03-13** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-14** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-03-14** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading referred to Common Education `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-03-27** CR; Do Pass Common Education Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-17** General Order
- **2019-04-17** House Rule suspended
- **2019-04-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-17** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-18** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-04-22** HAs read
- **2019-05-02** HAs adopted
- **2019-05-02** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-06** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-05-06** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-05-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-09** Approved by Governor 05/09/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a015d94-4be8-4047-ba91-9678bbc8da09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).