---
type: "Bill"
title: "Soldiers and sailors; requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to evaluate the Union Soldiers Home. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Soldiers and sailors; requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to evaluate the Union Soldiers Home. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 285"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 285 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hardin (Tommy)", "Simpson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cdddaba-b912-4015-94ea-27e33ce7468a"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB285&session=2100"
source_hash: "9b104c39008cc83bf36ab53ee8a2350cf563425bc555be1cd200412d477174b4"
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 285 (2021) — Soldiers and sailors; requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to evaluate the Union Soldiers Home. Effective date. Emergency.

## 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/SB285 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB285 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB285 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB285 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB285 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Hardin (Tommy) — primary (person)
- Simpson — 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 Simpson
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Reported Do Pass Veterans and Military Affairs committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01** Coauthored by Representative Hardin (Tommy) (principal House author)
- **2021-03-04** General Order, Considered
- **2021-03-04** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-08** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-03-08** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** CR; Do Pass Veterans and Military Affairs Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15** General Order
- **2021-04-15** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-15** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-19** Enrolled, to House
- **2021-04-19** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-22** Approved by Governor 04/22/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6cdddaba-b912-4015-94ea-27e33ce7468a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).