---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sentencing; modifying the definition of offender as used in the Delayed Sentencing Program for Young Adults. Effective date."
description: "Sentencing; modifying the definition of offender as used in the Delayed Sentencing Program for Young Adults. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 140"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 140 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "Newton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b59635b1-9701-4c14-8ea3-fe0489e8cd4b"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB140&session=2100"
source_hash: "e9aeb38d857c2163ebbe45d6cf723d4a4cfd7c22a549e0ee75c86fcd2d66c23e"
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 140 (2021) — Sentencing; modifying the definition of offender as used in the Delayed Sentencing Program for Young Adults. 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/SB/SB140 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB140 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB140 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB140 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB140 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- Newton — 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 Senator Brooks
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Judiciary Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** Coauthored by Representative Newton (principal House author)
- **2021-02-23** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-23** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Coauthored by Senator Jech
- **2021-03-03** Reported Do Pass Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-10** General Order, Considered
- **2021-03-10** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-11** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-03-11** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading referred to Criminal Justice and Corrections `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** CR; Do Pass Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06** General Order
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-06** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-07** Enrolled, to House
- **2021-04-07** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-12** Approved by Governor 04/12/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b59635b1-9701-4c14-8ea3-fe0489e8cd4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).