---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income tax; modifying provisions related to credit for software and cybersecurity employees; eliminating certain requirement. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Income tax; modifying provisions related to credit for software and cybersecurity employees; eliminating certain requirement. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 1204"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1204 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bice", "Fetgatter"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1b04fcf-6b08-4f59-a226-5e80884c3b87"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1204&session=2000"
source_hash: "400fb25530e3ce26fd838f44d740c68d751c1b677729073a954b70b25abca314"
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 1204 (2020) — Income tax; modifying provisions related to credit for software and cybersecurity employees; eliminating certain requirement. 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/SB1204 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by ALBRIGHT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB1204 FA1 ALBRIGHTKE-SD.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB1204 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB1204 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB1204 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB1204 SFLR.PDF)
7. **SB1204 (2-19-20) (BICE) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1204 (2-19-20) (BICE) RT FA1.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Bice — primary (person)
- Fetgatter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** Authored by Senator Smalley
- **2020-02-03** Remove as author Senator Smalley; authored by Senator Bice
- **2020-02-04** Second Reading referred to Finance `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Reported Do Pass as amended Finance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-11** Title stricken
- **2020-02-11** Emergency clause stricken
- **2020-02-18** Coauthored by Representative Fetgatter (principal House author)
- **2020-03-03** General Order, Amended
- **2020-03-03** Title restored
- **2020-03-03** Emergency clause restored
- **2020-03-03** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Referred for engrossment
- **2020-03-04** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2020-03-04** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-17** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2020-03-17** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-06** Withdrawn from Appropriations and Budget Finance Subcommittee
- **2020-04-06** Withdrawn from Appropriations and Budget, Direct to Calendar
- **2020-05-11** General Order
- **2020-05-11** Coauthored by Representative(s) Fugate
- **2020-05-11** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 99 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-05-11** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2020-05-11** Referred for enrollment
- **2020-05-12** Enrolled, to House
- **2020-05-12** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2020-05-12** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-18** Approved by Governor 05/18/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1b04fcf-6b08-4f59-a226-5e80884c3b87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).