---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental health and substance abuse services; creating the Oklahoma Mental Health Loan Repayment Act. Effective date."
description: "Mental health and substance abuse services; creating the Oklahoma Mental Health Loan Repayment Act. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 773"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 773 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stanley", "Wright"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b88a3664-7926-4528-a905-814c9cb825ef"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB773&session=2000"
source_hash: "707438fc800432c3517910a9dca8379ddaff481c7587f830bdb236ee790f2e88"
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 773 (2020) — Mental health and substance abuse services; creating the Oklahoma Mental Health Loan Repayment Act. 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/SB773 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB773 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB773 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB773 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB773 SFLR.PDF)
6. **SB773 (2-27-19) (STANLEY) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB773 (2-27-19) (STANLEY) RT FA1.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Stanley — primary (person)
- Wright — 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 Stanley
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Committee then to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-11** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-11** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** Coauthored by Representative Wright (principal House author)
- **2019-02-20** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20** Title stricken
- **2019-03-05** General Order, Amended
- **2019-03-05** Title restored
- **2019-03-05** Measure passed: Ayes: 35 Nays: 9 `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-06** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-03-06** 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 Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Withdrawn from Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee
- **2019-04-04** CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16** General Order
- **2019-04-16** Laid over
- **2019-04-23** Considered
- **2019-04-23** Coauthored by Representative(s) Dills
- **2019-04-23** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 4 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** 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`
- **2019-05-01** Approved by Governor 05/01/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b88a3664-7926-4528-a905-814c9cb825ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).