---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removal of officers; specifying circumstances constituting willful neglect of duty. Effective date."
description: "Removal of officers; specifying circumstances constituting willful neglect of duty. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 585"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 585 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dahm", "Roberts (Sean)"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/318dfca8-6358-41f2-8100-07f1e8410fd6"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB585&session=2100"
source_hash: "d17388e02f03c5e1fa8658f3d69d26a0316f93b88cb75073ec4adda9e52a99f0"
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 585 (2021) — Removal of officers; specifying circumstances constituting willful neglect of duty. 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/SB585 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by FUGATE** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB585 FA1 FUGATEAN-AMM.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB585 CA1.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB585 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB585 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB585 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB585 SFLR.PDF)
8. **SB585 (2-11-21) (DAHM) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB585 (2-11-21) (DAHM) FA1.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Dahm — primary (person)
- Roberts (Sean) — 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 Dahm
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Reported Do Pass as amended Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09** Coauthored by Senator Bullard
- **2021-02-11** Coauthored by Representative Roberts (Sean) (principal House author)
- **2021-03-04** General Order, Amended
- **2021-03-04** Measure passed: Ayes: 32 Nays: 6 `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 Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** CR; Do Pass Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21** General Order
- **2021-04-21** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 56 Nays: 25 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-21** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-22** Enrolled, to House
- **2021-04-22** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-27** Approved by Governor 04/27/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/318dfca8-6358-41f2-8100-07f1e8410fd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).