---
type: "Bill"
title: "Guardians; guardians ad litem manual and guardianship and conservatorship handbook posted on OSCN website; appointments. Effective date."
description: "Guardians; guardians ad litem manual and guardianship and conservatorship handbook posted on OSCN website; appointments. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 989"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 989 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker", "Floyd"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/351b2d09-ab6b-4f46-b483-543142ed89f7"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB989&session=2000"
source_hash: "f07912ccb5bee0ae2696fdd3e80394d585f6d7f31be7d685141b2f1967ab9105"
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 989 (2020) — Guardians; guardians ad litem manual and guardianship and conservatorship handbook posted on OSCN website; appointments. 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/SB989 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB989 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB989 PCS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB989 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB989 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB989 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB989 SFLR.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB989 HCS.PDF)
9. **SB989 FULLPCS1 RHONDA BAKER-EK.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB989 FULLPCS1 RHONDA BAKER-EK.PDF)
10. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB989 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **38–8** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baker — 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 Judiciary `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-05** Coauthored by Representative Baker (principal House author)
- **2019-03-12** General Order, Considered
- **2019-03-12** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-12** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-13** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-03-13** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** General Order
- **2019-04-24** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-25** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-04-25** HAs read
- **2019-05-09** HAs adopted
- **2019-05-09** Measure passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 8 `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-13** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-05-13** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-05-13** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-16** Approved by Governor 05/16/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/351b2d09-ab6b-4f46-b483-543142ed89f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).