---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ad valorem tax; providing for a specified start date for a five-year exemption for certain qualified facilities. Effective date."
description: "Ad valorem tax; providing for a specified start date for a five-year exemption for certain qualified facilities. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 695"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 695 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hilbert", "Thompson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/919e8ccd-67f5-43e5-bc5a-8392df372f84"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB695&session=2000"
source_hash: "b30339c088b484f22674244a05724565d3b0716bf1d966b7e28047cdce7e9752"
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 695 (2020) — Ad valorem tax; providing for a specified start date for a five-year exemption for certain qualified facilities. 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/SB695 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by HILBERT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB695 FA1 HILBERTKY-JM.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB695 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB695 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB695 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB695 SFLR.PDF)
7. **SB695 (2-25-19) (THOMPSON) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB695 (2-25-19) (THOMPSON) RT FA1.PDF)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Hilbert — primary (person)
- Thompson — 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 Thompson
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Appropriations `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-20** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20** Title stricken
- **2019-02-20** Coauthored by Senator Dossett
- **2019-03-11** Coauthored by Representative Hilbert (principal House author)
- **2019-03-13** General Order, Amended
- **2019-03-13** Title restored
- **2019-03-13** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 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`
- **2019-03-28** CR; Do Pass, as amended, Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Coauthored by Senator(s) Bergstrom
- **2019-03-28** Title stricken
- **2019-04-24** General Order
- **2019-04-24** Coauthored by Representative(s) Vancuren
- **2019-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Title restored
- **2019-04-24** Amendment restores bill to engrossed version `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 4 `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/919e8ccd-67f5-43e5-bc5a-8392df372f84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).