---
type: "Bill"
title: "State government; authorizing certain agencies to establish education and training programs. Effective date."
description: "State government; authorizing certain agencies to establish education and training programs. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 615"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 615 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ford", "Pugh"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb4d72a9-d050-4d49-80b5-56b766299891"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB615&session=2000"
source_hash: "889fdac1f6730dfaa23dd78c0d6a6a100060ed0bc380e50c2e95dd70459761e7"
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 615 (2020) — State government; authorizing certain agencies to establish education and training programs. 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/SB615 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB615 PCS.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB615 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB615 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB615 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB615 SFLR.PDF)
7. **SB615 (3-05-19) (PUGH) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB615 (3-05-19) (PUGH) RT FA1.PDF)
8. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB615 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ford — primary (person)
- Pugh — 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 Pugh
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Public Safety Committee then to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-11** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-11** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Title stricken
- **2019-03-12** Coauthored by Representative Ford (principal House author)
- **2019-03-13** General Order, Amended
- **2019-03-13** Title restored
- **2019-03-13** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `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 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`
- **2019-04-11** CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** General Order
- **2019-04-24** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 95 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-04-24** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-04-25** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-04-25** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-30** Approved by Governor 04/30/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb4d72a9-d050-4d49-80b5-56b766299891`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).