---
type: "Bill"
title: "Inmates; creating the Sarah Stitt Act; directing the Department of Corrections to assist inmates with obtaining state-issued identification cards and employment-related documents; effective date."
description: "Inmates; creating the Sarah Stitt Act; directing the Department of Corrections to assist inmates with obtaining state-issued identification cards and employment-related documents; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1679"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1679 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stark", "Weaver"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63f824b8-fab5-4e1a-afc2-c7823ed062d1"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1679&session=2100"
source_hash: "0ef30b8197ec75354ec1c9d75a76b0bfca451ae6df0ea2935902b5742d60292b"
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 HB 1679 (2021) — Inmates; creating the Sarah Stitt Act; directing the Department of Corrections to assist inmates with obtaining state-issued identification cards and employment-related documents; 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/2021-22 INT/hB/HB1679 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by STARK (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB1679 FA1 STARKMA-GRS(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB1679 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB1679 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB1679 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB1679 SFLR.PDF)
7. **HB1679 FULLPCS1 MARILYN STARK-GRS.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1679 FULLPCS1 MARILYN STARK-GRS.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1679 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Stark — primary (person)
- Weaver — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-01** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Authored by Representative Stark, Hill
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Criminal Justice and Corrections `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01** Coauthored by Representative(s) Phillips, Mize, Talley
- **2021-03-01** Authored by Senator Weaver (principal Senate author)
- **2021-03-10** General Order
- **2021-03-10** Coauthored by Representative(s) Pittman, Humphrey, Provenzano
- **2021-03-10** House Rule suspended
- **2021-03-10** Amended by floor substitute
- **2021-03-10** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 94 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-10** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-11** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-11** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** Second Reading referred to Public Safety Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Coauthored by Senator Bergstrom
- **2021-03-29** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-29** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Reported Do Pass Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-13** General Order, Considered
- **2021-04-13** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-13** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2021-04-13** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-14** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2021-04-14** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2021-04-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20** Approved by Governor 04/20/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63f824b8-fab5-4e1a-afc2-c7823ed062d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).