---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oklahoma Department of Public Safety; modifying certain appointments. Emergency."
description: "Oklahoma Department of Public Safety; modifying certain appointments. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 709"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 709 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David", "Echols"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f22546f-28f0-48df-8920-5589c6ac6be8"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB709&session=1900"
source_hash: "341dc0349124bc021321e8ddc1d6813b329b53d7759b7a3b92c41e9254d0eb82"
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 709 (2019-2020) — Oklahoma Department of Public Safety; modifying certain appointments. 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/2019-20 INT/SB/SB709 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB709 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB709 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB709 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB709 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- David — primary (person)
- Echols — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-04** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Authored by Senator David
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-13** Coauthored by Representative Echols (principal House author)
- **2019-02-25** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-11** General Order, Considered
- **2019-03-11** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2019-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-12** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading referred to Rules `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** CR; Do Pass Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-25** General Order
- **2019-04-25** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-04-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-04-29** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-04-29** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Approved by Governor 05/02/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f22546f-28f0-48df-8920-5589c6ac6be8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).