---
type: "Bill"
title: "Counties and county officers; increasing travel allowances for certain county officials. Effective date."
description: "Counties and county officers; increasing travel allowances for certain county officials. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 853"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 853 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boles", "Kidd"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0863b9e-5737-4de7-9f28-f36801c37033"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB853&session=2000"
source_hash: "4aa532c083b9f2355254f07bfcd8db4760ffbd5861ff3513014467f245bc185c"
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 853 (2020) — Counties and county officers; increasing travel allowances for certain county officials. 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/SB853 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB853 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB853 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB853 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB853 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **43–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boles — primary (person)
- Kidd — 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 David
- **2019-02-05** Remove as author Senator David; authored by Senator Kidd
- **2019-02-07** Second Reading referred to General Government `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-11** Coauthored by Representative Boles (principal House author)
- **2019-02-28** Reported Do Pass General Government committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-11** General Order, Considered
- **2019-03-11** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2019-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-12** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading referred to County and Municipal Government `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-03-28** CR; Do Pass County and Municipal Government Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Coauthored by Senator(s) Weaver
- **2019-04-10** General Order
- **2019-04-10** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 96 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/d0863b9e-5737-4de7-9f28-f36801c37033`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).