---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cities and towns; creating the Oklahoma Public Safety Protection District Act. Effective date."
description: "Cities and towns; creating the Oklahoma Public Safety Protection District Act. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 838"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 838 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nollan", "Weaver"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 33
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2ea3ad9-3729-4ba7-b897-aa725a912f8c"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB838&session=2100"
source_hash: "16e7a133e78023230f2829dcfb0fdd0eadfcc173d1b40de97ccc94b2d48a8d9c"
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 838 (2021) — Cities and towns; creating the Oklahoma Public Safety Protection District Act. 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/SB838 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB838 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB838 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB838 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB838 SFLR.PDF)
6. **SB838 (2-23-21) (WEAVER) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB838 (2-23-21) (WEAVER) FS FA1.PDF)
7. **SB838 FULLAMD1 DAVID HARDIN-AMM.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB838 FULLAMD1 DAVID HARDIN-AMM.PDF)
8. **SB838 FULLAMD2 DAVID HARDIN-AMM.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB838 FULLAMD2 DAVID HARDIN-AMM.PDF)
9. **SB838 FULLAMD3 JIM GREGO-MAH.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB838 FULLAMD3 JIM GREGO-MAH.PDF)
10. **SB838 FULLAMD4 JIM GREGO-AMM.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB838 FULLAMD4 JIM GREGO-AMM.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Nollan — primary (person)
- Weaver — 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 Weaver
- **2021-02-01** Coauthored by Senator Leewright
- **2021-02-01** Coauthored by Representative Nollan (principal House author)
- **2021-02-01** Coauthored by Representative Hilbert
- **2021-02-01** Coauthored by Senator Haste
- **2021-02-01** Coauthored by Senator Dossett (J.A.)
- **2021-02-01** Coauthored by Senator Hicks
- **2021-02-01** Coauthored by Senator Montgomery
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Coauthored by Senator Dossett (J.J.)
- **2021-02-04** Reported Do Pass General Government committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11** Coauthored by Senator Rader
- **2021-02-19** Coauthored by Senator Bullard
- **2021-02-19** Coauthored by Senator Garvin
- **2021-03-02** coauthored by Rosecrants
- **2021-03-10** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2021-03-10** Measure passed: Ayes: 31 Nays: 15 `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 General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** CR; Do Pass General Government Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01** Coauthored by Representative(s) Waldron, Provenzano, Sims
- **2021-04-20** General Order
- **2021-04-20** Coauthored by Representative(s) Bush, Lawson
- **2021-04-20** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 57 Nays: 40 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-20** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-21** Enrolled, to House
- **2021-04-21** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26** Approved by Governor 04/26/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2ea3ad9-3729-4ba7-b897-aa725a912f8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).