---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles; modifying definition; creating classes of electric-assisted bicycles; effective date."
description: "Motor vehicles; modifying definition; creating classes of electric-assisted bicycles; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1265"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1265 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bush", "Pugh"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81a2d693-89df-412e-96d8-a793812bcbd1"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1265&session=2000"
source_hash: "77bfa237e6228e64d09c9e7e3c35bb228090f3fe5ace9e4046f5e4adbbf154dc"
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 1265 (2020) — Motor vehicles; modifying definition; creating classes of electric-assisted bicycles; 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/HB1265 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB1265 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB1265 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB1265 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB1265 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **44–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bush — 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 Bush
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Transportation `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-13** CR; Do Pass Transportation Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-05** General Order
- **2019-03-05** Authored by Senator Pugh (principal Senate author)
- **2019-03-05** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 96 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-06** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-08** General Order, Considered
- **2019-04-08** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-04-09** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2019-04-09** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2019-04-09** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-15** Approved by Governor 04/15/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81a2d693-89df-412e-96d8-a793812bcbd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).