---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles; approaching a stationary vehicle on roadway; expanding scope that require exercise of due caution. Effective date."
description: "Motor vehicles; approaching a stationary vehicle on roadway; expanding scope that require exercise of due caution. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 89"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 89 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Ortega"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71af7acb-49f8-4688-b5e3-6a8dbaae1e9d"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB89&session=2000"
source_hash: "37d036cf219f59efc2a3cff1d3e9f246c6320beac804f250f239889d1bbe1b3f"
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 89 (2020) — Motor vehicles; approaching a stationary vehicle on roadway; expanding scope that require exercise of due caution. 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/SB89 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB89 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB89 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB89 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB89 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB89 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB89 HCS.PDF)
8. **SB89 FULLPCS1 CHARLES ORTEGA-JBH.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB89 FULLPCS1 CHARLES ORTEGA-JBH.PDF)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Ortega — 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 Howard
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** Withdrawn from Public Safety committee
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Coauthored by Representative Ortega (principal House author)
- **2019-02-27** Reported Do Pass as amended Rules committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Title stricken
- **2019-03-07** General Order, Considered
- **2019-03-07** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-11** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-03-11** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-04** Title restored
- **2019-04-16** General Order
- **2019-04-16** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-17** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-04-17** HAs read
- **2019-05-07** HAs adopted
- **2019-05-07** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `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/71af7acb-49f8-4688-b5e3-6a8dbaae1e9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).