---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs; authorizing the construction of an additional long-term care facility; specifying location of additional facility. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs; authorizing the construction of an additional long-term care facility; specifying location of additional facility. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 1070"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1070 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thompson", "Wallace"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-04-04"
last_action: "2019-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9560c3b2-d1f1-459b-a62d-93e3cdbf577f"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1070&session=2000"
source_hash: "b50f4bd186295d772e2e50de00b243d40000f6b3649a53eb53c20c90189c9dde"
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 1070 (2020) — Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs; authorizing the construction of an additional long-term care facility; specifying location of additional facility. Effective date. 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/SB1070 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1070 PCS.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB1070 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB1070 ENR.PDF)
5. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB1070 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thompson — primary (person)
- Wallace — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-04** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Authored by Senator Thompson
- **2019-04-04** Coauthored by Senator Rader
- **2019-04-04** Coauthored by Representative Wallace (principal House author)
- **2019-04-04** Coauthored by Representative Hilbert
- **2019-04-08** Second Reading referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-05-17** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget committee; JCR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-20** JCR adopted
- **2019-05-20** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-05-20** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-05-20** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-21** Second Reading, direct to Joint Calendar
- **2019-05-22** General Order
- **2019-05-22** JCR adopted
- **2019-05-22** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 8 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-05-22** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-22** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-05-22** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-05-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-28** 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/9560c3b2-d1f1-459b-a62d-93e3cdbf577f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).