---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law enforcement training; requiring training relating to sexual assault calls, response and evidence collection. Effective date."
description: "Law enforcement training; requiring training relating to sexual assault calls, response and evidence collection. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 971"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 971 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Echols", "Floyd"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95c0e4b4-96f2-40fb-b852-63f237b84d5b"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB971&session=2000"
source_hash: "9ed94e383feece52ecf2f9a4e7b8fd79a89624a548d43183490455ec5c30b6c0"
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 971 (2020) — Law enforcement training; requiring training relating to sexual assault calls, response and evidence collection. 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/SB971 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB971 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB971 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB971 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB971 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB971 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/SB971 HCS.PDF)
8. **SB971 FULLPCS1 JON ECHOLS-GRS.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB971 FULLPCS1 JON ECHOLS-GRS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- FOURTH READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Echols — primary (person)
- Floyd — 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 Floyd
- **2019-02-11** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-19** Coauthored by Senator Bice
- **2019-02-20** Coauthored by Representative Echols (principal House author)
- **2019-02-25** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-11** General Order, Considered
- **2019-03-11** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 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 Public Safety `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-04** Emergency removed
- **2019-04-25** General Order
- **2019-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-29** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-04-29** HAs read
- **2019-05-02** HAs adopted
- **2019-05-02** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-06** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-05-06** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-05-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-09** Approved by Governor 05/09/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95c0e4b4-96f2-40fb-b852-63f237b84d5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).