---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver licenses; examination of applicants; allowing certain technology schools to be examiners; curriculum and training; background check. Effective date."
description: "Driver licenses; examination of applicants; allowing certain technology schools to be examiners; curriculum and training; background check. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 378"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 378 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frix", "Standridge"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/538b334c-9a57-41fc-8fda-98dde530c6f7"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB378&session=2000"
source_hash: "e33b90dd612b6d4b11c3cd623e9940974bb9185c0a1e3ff92d4de78d6d32c961"
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 378 (2020) — Driver licenses; examination of applicants; allowing certain technology schools to be examiners; curriculum and training; background check. 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/SB/SB378 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB378 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB378 PCS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB378 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB378 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB378 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB378 SFLR.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB378 HCS.PDF)
9. **SB378 FULLPCS1 AVERY FRIX-JBH.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB378 FULLPCS1 AVERY FRIX-JBH.PDF)
10. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB378 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **45–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frix — primary (person)
- Standridge — 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 Senator Standridge
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Transportation `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-12** Coauthored by Representative Frix (principal House author)
- **2019-02-12** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Transportation committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20** Coauthored by Senator Bergstrom
- **2019-03-05** General Order, Considered
- **2019-03-05** Measure passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 9 `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-06** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-03-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading referred to Transportation `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Withdrawn from Transportation Committee
- **2019-04-10** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-18** General Order
- **2019-04-18** Coauthored by Representative(s) Dollens
- **2019-04-18** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-22** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-04-22** HAs read
- **2019-05-08** HAs adopted
- **2019-05-08** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-09** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-05-09** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-05-09** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-15** Approved by Governor 05/15/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/538b334c-9a57-41fc-8fda-98dde530c6f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).