---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical marijuana; providing that certain research is not subject to State Department of Health oversight. Emergency."
description: "Medical marijuana; providing that certain research is not subject to State Department of Health oversight. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 811"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 811 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McBride", "Smalley"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3b7f104-13ae-4b57-bb8e-226c2b56d69d"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB811&session=2000"
source_hash: "38d9dd06e32a11fd603191b2fcee410994e9b9119ecfeda25840f3263504b499"
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 811 (2020) — Medical marijuana; providing that certain research is not subject to State Department of Health oversight. Emergency.

## 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/SB811 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by ECHOLS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB811 FA1 ECHOLSJO-GRS.PDF)
3. **2 Floor Amendment by MCBRIDE** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB811 FA2 MCBRIDEMA-GRS.PDF)
4. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB811 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB811 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB811 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB811 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB811 SFLR.PDF)
9. **SB811 (3-12-19) (SMALLEY) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB811 (3-12-19) (SMALLEY) RT FA1.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- FOURTH READING — **42–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McBride — primary (person)
- Smalley — 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 Smalley
- **2019-02-07** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-18** Reported Do Pass as amended Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-18** Title stricken
- **2019-02-18** Emergency clause stricken
- **2019-03-12** Coauthored by Representative McBride (principal House author)
- **2019-03-14** General Order, Amended
- **2019-03-14** Title restored
- **2019-03-14** Emergency clause restored
- **2019-03-14** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2019-03-14** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-18** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-03-18** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** Second Reading referred to Rules `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** CR; Do Pass Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-22** General Order
- **2019-04-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-22** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 79 Nays: 12 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-22** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-23** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-04-23** HAs read
- **2019-05-07** HAs adopted
- **2019-05-07** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2019-05-07** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-08** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-05-08** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-05-08** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-14** Approved by Governor 05/14/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3b7f104-13ae-4b57-bb8e-226c2b56d69d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).