---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court-appointed special advocates; adding background check search requirements for applicants. Effective date."
description: "Court-appointed special advocates; adding background check search requirements for applicants. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 722"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 722 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lawson", "Pemberton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a16abd63-e50d-438d-b40a-f21545812291"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB722&session=2000"
source_hash: "2f269560b885ba453b976941911c812c578a69ac008bcdbbbec0b985ae68d24f"
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 722 (2020) — Court-appointed special advocates; adding background check search requirements for applicants. 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/SB722 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB722 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB722 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB722 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB722 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Lawson — primary (person)
- Pemberton — 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 Floyd
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-12** Coauthored by Senator David
- **2019-02-13** Coauthored by Senator Sharp
- **2019-02-13** Coauthored by Senator Leewright
- **2019-02-13** Coauthored by Senator Murdock
- **2019-02-13** Remove as author Senator Floyd; authored by Senator Pemberton
- **2019-02-13** Coauthored by Senator Floyd
- **2019-02-14** Coauthored by Representative Lawson (principal House author)
- **2019-02-19** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-25** Coauthored by Senator Dahm
- **2019-02-25** General Order, Considered
- **2019-02-25** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-02-26** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-02-26** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** CR; Do Pass Judiciary Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-02** Coauthored by Representative(s) Hasenbeck, Bush, West (Josh), Hilbert, Echols, McBride, West (Tammy), Newton
- **2019-04-10** General Order
- **2019-04-10** Coauthored by Representative(s) Sims
- **2019-04-10** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 101 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-04-10** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-04-11** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-04-11** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-04-11** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-16** Approved by Governor 04/16/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a16abd63-e50d-438d-b40a-f21545812291`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).