---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset; Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology; re-creating Board; modifying termination date."
description: "Sunset; Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology; re-creating Board; modifying termination date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1438"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1438 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gann", "Smalley"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f031fe00-ea16-47b2-af51-c6e22b7e470a"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1438&session=2000"
source_hash: "e35086083bcb87e77a2e6753d1c768e992a2ddad52c8461d6fa2ea0fcb71afe4"
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 1438 (2020) — Sunset; Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology; re-creating Board; modifying termination 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/HB1438 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1438 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB1438 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB1438 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB1438 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB1438 SFLR.PDF)
7. **HB1438 (4-10-19) (SMALLEY) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1438 (4-10-19) (SMALLEY) FA1.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1438 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **41–3** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gann — primary (person)
- Smalley — 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 Gann
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Administrative Rules `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-19** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Administrative Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** General Order
- **2019-03-07** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-11** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-11** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-12** Authored by Senator Dahm
- **2019-03-25** Second Reading referred to General Government `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-03-27** Remove as author Senator Dahm; authored by Senator Smalley
- **2019-03-27** Coauthored by Senator Dahm
- **2019-04-02** Withdrawn from General Government committee
- **2019-04-02** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Remove as coauthor Senator Dahm
- **2019-04-16** General Order, Amended
- **2019-04-16** Measure passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-17** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-04-17** SA's received
- **2019-04-23** SA's rejected, conference requested, naming Conference Committee on Administrative Rules
- **2019-04-23** Ayes: 55 Nays: 14
- **2019-05-02** Conference granted, SCs named Smalley, McCortney, Coleman, Rosino, Hicks, Young
- **2019-05-08** CCR submitted
- **2019-05-14** CCR adopted
- **2019-05-14** Coauthored by Representative(s) CrosswhiteHader
- **2019-05-14** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-14** To Senate
- **2019-05-14** CCR read
- **2019-05-22** CCR adopted
- **2019-05-22** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 41 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-22** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2019-05-22** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2019-05-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-23** Approved by Governor 05/28/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f031fe00-ea16-47b2-af51-c6e22b7e470a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).