---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income tax; reinstating deduction for certain expenses related to foster care; establishing certain requirement. Effective date."
description: "Income tax; reinstating deduction for certain expenses related to foster care; establishing certain requirement. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 893"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 893 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott", "Worthen"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 35
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bd5d384-d730-4d0c-bf9c-cae22f700704"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB893&session=2000"
source_hash: "ed0f6fdd617a78a997a3bc9e5686a677095386db4c7ee1d1ec47b5148b6e8b49"
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 893 (2020) — Income tax; reinstating deduction for certain expenses related to foster care; establishing certain requirement. 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/SB893 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by WORTHEN** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB893 FA1 WORTHENRA-GRS(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **2 Floor Amendment by STONE** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB893 FA2 STONESH-MAH(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB893 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB893 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB893 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB893 SFLR.PDF)
8. **SB893 (3-06-19) (SCOTT) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB893 (3-06-19) (SCOTT) RT FA1.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Scott — primary (person)
- Worthen — 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 Scott
- **2019-02-07** Second Reading referred to Finance Committee then to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-19** Reported Do Pass as amended Finance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-19** Title stricken
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Title stricken
- **2019-03-07** Coauthored by Representative Worthen (principal House author)
- **2019-03-11** General Order, Amended
- **2019-03-11** Title restored
- **2019-03-11** Measure passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 0 `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 Appropriations and Budget `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-03-20** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Finance Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** CR; Do Pass, as amended, Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Coauthored by Representative(s) Roberts (Sean)
- **2019-04-11** Title stricken
- **2019-04-24** General Order
- **2019-04-24** Coauthored by Representative(s) Fugate
- **2019-04-24** House Rule suspended
- **2019-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Title restored
- **2019-04-24** Amendment restores bill to engrossed version `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-24** House Rule suspended
- **2019-04-24** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 95 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** 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`
- **2019-04-30** Approved by Governor 04/30/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3bd5d384-d730-4d0c-bf9c-cae22f700704`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).