---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protective orders; creating the Protection from Workplace Harassment and Violence Act; allowing employers to file protective orders on behalf of certain employees. Effective date."
description: "Protective orders; creating the Protection from Workplace Harassment and Violence Act; allowing employers to file protective orders on behalf of certain employees. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 715"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 715 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kannady", "Paxton"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 35
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c6e3172-781c-4738-a5b1-a0b272983260"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB715&session=2000"
source_hash: "7045805b5c1e9a6d5ad465c832cf5a057e1c8a2d9cda349e85bedc64b39e89b7"
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 715 (2020) — Protective orders; creating the Protection from Workplace Harassment and Violence Act; allowing employers to file protective orders on behalf of certain employees. 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/SB715 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB715 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB715 PCS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB715 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB715 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB715 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB715 SFLR.PDF)
8. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB715 CS.PDF)
9. **Senate Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCCS/SB715 CCS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kannady — 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 Judiciary `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** Title stricken
- **2019-03-11** Coauthored by Representative Kannady (principal House author)
- **2019-03-12** General Order, Considered
- **2019-03-12** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 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 Judiciary `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-03-27** CR; Do Pass, as amended, Judiciary Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-27** Enacting clause stricken
- **2019-04-03** General Order
- **2019-04-03** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-04** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-04-04** HAs read
- **2019-04-30** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2019-05-02** SCs named Paxton, Daniels, Leewright, Weaver, Boren, Floyd
- **2019-05-06** Conference granted, naming Conference Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-05-15** CCR read
- **2019-05-15** Title restored
- **2019-05-22** CCR adopted
- **2019-05-22** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 33 Nays: 13 `passage`
- **2019-05-22** CCR submitted
- **2019-05-23** CCR adopted
- **2019-05-23** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2019-05-23** To Senate
- **2019-05-23** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-23** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-05-23** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-05-23** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-29** Approved by Governor 05/29/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c6e3172-781c-4738-a5b1-a0b272983260`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).