---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children; Oklahoma Children's Code; adding definitions; requiring individual service plan to provide least-restrictive placement information; effective date."
description: "Children; Oklahoma Children's Code; adding definitions; requiring individual service plan to provide least-restrictive placement information; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1993"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1993 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nollan", "Simpson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae331e45-f814-4af2-a03d-977344745232"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1993&session=2000"
source_hash: "6486a971964a8e550a49c8b2505aa173850b2776f91f547e35fd3367d4ecaf89"
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 1993 (2020) — Children; Oklahoma Children's Code; adding definitions; requiring individual service plan to provide least-restrictive placement information; 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/HB1993 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1993 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB1993 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB1993 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB1993 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB1993 SFLR.PDF)
7. **HB1993 (4-08-19) (SIMPSON) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1993 (4-08-19) (SIMPSON) FS FA1.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nollan — primary (person)
- Simpson — 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 Nollan
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Children, Youth and Family Services `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-14** CR; Do Pass Children, Youth and Family Services Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** General Order
- **2019-03-07** Authored by Senator Simpson (principal Senate author)
- **2019-03-07** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 99 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`
- **2019-03-25** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-22** Coauthored by Senator Bullard
- **2019-04-24** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2019-04-24** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-25** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-04-25** SA's received
- **2019-04-30** SA's read, adopted
- **2019-04-30** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 81 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-01** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2019-05-01** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2019-05-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-06** Approved by Governor 05/06/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae331e45-f814-4af2-a03d-977344745232`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).