---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles; relating to unlawful use of cellular telephone; allowing certain mobile telephone use; effective date."
description: "Motor vehicles; relating to unlawful use of cellular telephone; allowing certain mobile telephone use; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1044"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1044 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martinez", "Pugh"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e47cfaa0-a0e5-4034-9818-547f597424be"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1044&session=2000"
source_hash: "06ab2725edb8ebbb85c092de7ecda7a570a2a7354c3c9526837899271889825f"
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 HB 1044 (2020) — Motor vehicles; relating to unlawful use of cellular telephone; allowing certain mobile telephone use; 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/2019-20 INT/hB/HB1044 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1044 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB1044 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB1044 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB1044 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB1044 SFLR.PDF)
7. **HB1044 (4-15-19) (PUGH) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1044 (4-15-19) (PUGH) FA1.PDF)
8. **HB1044 FULLPCS1 RYAN MARTINEZ-JBH.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1044 FULLPCS1 RYAN MARTINEZ-JBH.PDF)
9. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1044 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Martinez — primary (person)
- Pugh — 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 Representative Martinez
- **2019-02-06** Second Reading referred to Rules `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-18** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2019-02-18** Referred to Business and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business and Commerce Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-12** General Order
- **2019-03-12** Authored by Senator Pugh (principal Senate author)
- **2019-03-12** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 97 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-13** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-13** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-23** General Order, Amended
- **2019-04-23** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-24** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-04-24** SA's received
- **2019-05-09** SA's read, adopted
- **2019-05-09** Coauthored by Senator(s) Ikley-Freeman
- **2019-05-09** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-13** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2019-05-13** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2019-05-13** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-16** Approved by Governor 05/16/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e47cfaa0-a0e5-4034-9818-547f597424be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).