---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law enforcement unification; creating the Unified State Law Enforcement Commission. Emergency."
description: "Law enforcement unification; creating the Unified State Law Enforcement Commission. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 371"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 371 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David", "ODonnell"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11ad4d5c-90fc-46a0-bf72-753cd8e1f951"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB371&session=2100"
source_hash: "d6801a045655711f2d2a98cd41b23d248398eadcdbc6246b6466051a708e0f2c"
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 371 (2021) — Law enforcement unification; creating the Unified State Law Enforcement Commission. 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/SB371 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by ODONNELL (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB371 FA1 ODONNELLTE-MAH(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB371 PCS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB371 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB371 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB371 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB371 SFLR.PDF)
8. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB371 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- David — primary (person)
- ODonnell — 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 David
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Public Safety Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Coauthored by Representative ODonnell (principal House author)
- **2021-02-24** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-08** General Order, Considered
- **2021-03-08** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 35 Nays: 9 `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-09** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-03-09** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** CR; Do Pass, as amended, Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01** Title stricken
- **2021-04-01** Enacting clause stricken
- **2021-04-13** General Order
- **2021-04-13** House Rule suspended
- **2021-04-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-13** Title restored
- **2021-04-13** Enacting clause restored
- **2021-04-13** Amendment restores bill to engrossed version `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-13** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 51 Nays: 39; Ayes: 68 Nays: 22 `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/11ad4d5c-90fc-46a0-bf72-753cd8e1f951`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).