---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law enforcement education; requiring the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training to include mental health training in curriculum. Effective date."
description: "Law enforcement education; requiring the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training to include mental health training in curriculum. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 656"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 656 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martinez", "Paxton"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1790d7b-0a13-41fd-9895-8514d7ca40cd"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB656&session=2000"
source_hash: "cfb01c15548ddc50d23892f1b09da2a9356ad9bc17845ed1eb607533e516320a"
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 656 (2020) — Law enforcement education; requiring the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training to include mental health training in curriculum. 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/SB656 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB656 PCS.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB656 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB656 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB656 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB656 SFLR.PDF)
7. **SB656 (3-11-19) (PAXTON) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB656 (3-11-19) (PAXTON) RT FA1.PDF)
8. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB656 CS.PDF)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Martinez — 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 Public Safety Committee then to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-18** Coauthored by Senator Matthews
- **2019-02-18** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-18** 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
- **2019-03-07** Coauthored by Representative Martinez (principal House author)
- **2019-03-12** General Order, Amended
- **2019-03-12** Title restored
- **2019-03-12** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-12** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-13** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-03-13** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** CR; Do Pass Public Safety Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-17** General Order
- **2019-04-17** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-04-17** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-04-22** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-04-22** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-04-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-25** Approved by Governor 04/25/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1790d7b-0a13-41fd-9895-8514d7ca40cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).