---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oklahoma Crime Victims Compensation Act; allowing certain access; providing criteria. Effective date."
description: "Oklahoma Crime Victims Compensation Act; allowing certain access; providing criteria. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 16"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 16 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bush", "Floyd"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6d94ab3-8d1c-4a11-b2db-59ec15bf0040"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB16&session=2100"
source_hash: "510a4e2d2034c1b72d4d7df5e1ba8844665b8132d01147a5f04fb39277ea940e"
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 16 (2021) — Oklahoma Crime Victims Compensation Act; allowing certain access; providing criteria. 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/SB16 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB16 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB16 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB16 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB16 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Bush — primary (person)
- Floyd — 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 Floyd
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03** Coauthored by Senator Weaver
- **2021-02-04** Coauthored by Representative Bush (principal House author)
- **2021-02-08** General Order, Considered
- **2021-02-08** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-02-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-02-08** Coauthored by Senator Garvin
- **2021-02-09** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-02-09** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Criminal `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** CR; Do Pass Judiciary - Criminal Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-13** General Order
- **2021-04-13** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-13** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-13** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-14** Enrolled, to House
- **2021-04-14** Signed, returned to Senate
- **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/a6d94ab3-8d1c-4a11-b2db-59ec15bf0040`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).