---
type: "Bill"
title: "Savings accounts; creating the Oklahoma Home Buyer Savings Account Act. Effective date."
description: "Savings accounts; creating the Oklahoma Home Buyer Savings Account Act. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 961"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 961 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smalley", "West (Tammy)"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9800c98-4d40-422d-af89-94d8ce5478a6"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB961&session=2000"
source_hash: "880c5c5a60e93656eb13d5382b3d8ffa0f2208aae8829be020b2c118daf9093c"
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 961 (2020) — Savings accounts; creating the Oklahoma Home Buyer Savings Account Act. 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/SB961 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by WEST** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB961 FA1 WESTTA-LRB.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB961 PCS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB961 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB961 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB961 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB961 SFLR.PDF)
8. **SB961 (3-05-19) (SMALLEY) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB961 (3-05-19) (SMALLEY) RT FA1.PDF)
9. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB961 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **39–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smalley — primary (person)
- West (Tammy) — 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 Smalley
- **2019-02-11** Second Reading referred to Finance Committee then to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-19** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Finance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-19** Title stricken
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Title stricken
- **2019-03-07** Coauthored by Representative West (Tammy) (principal House author)
- **2019-03-11** General Order, Amended
- **2019-03-11** Title restored
- **2019-03-11** Measure passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 4 `passage`
- **2019-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-12** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-03-20** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Finance Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** CR; Do Pass, as amended, Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Title stricken
- **2019-04-17** General Order
- **2019-04-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-17** Title restored
- **2019-04-17** Amendment restores bill to engrossed version `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-17** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-04-17** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-04-22** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-04-22** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-04-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-26** Approved by Governor 04/26/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9800c98-4d40-422d-af89-94d8ce5478a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).