---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture; creating the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Agricultural Program. Emergency."
description: "Agriculture; creating the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Agricultural Program. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 868"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 868 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Echols", "Paxton"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aab7777d-bd4b-4fc2-ad74-484e47b4fdd4"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB868&session=2000"
source_hash: "46893f561da1228abbfa89fce5d2d5f444b8ff7ada0ab5d7251823f67e18d6f3"
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 868 (2020) — Agriculture; creating the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Agricultural Program. 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/SB868 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB868 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB868 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB868 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB868 SFLR.PDF)
6. **SB868 (3-12-19) (PAXTON) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB868 (3-12-19) (PAXTON) FS FA1.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Echols — 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
- **2019-02-07** Second Reading referred to Agriculture and Wildlife `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** Reported Do Pass Agriculture and Wildlife committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-12** Coauthored by Representative Echols (principal House author)
- **2019-03-14** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2019-03-14** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `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 Agriculture and Rural Development `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** CR; Do Pass Agriculture and Rural Development Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-01** Coauthored by Senator(s) Dahm
- **2019-04-11** General Order
- **2019-04-11** Coauthored by Representative(s) Patzkowsky, Fetgatter
- **2019-04-11** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 99 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-04-11** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-04-15** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-04-15** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-04-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-22** Approved by Governor 04/18/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aab7777d-bd4b-4fc2-ad74-484e47b4fdd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).