---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public buildings; specifying retainage amount for certain contracts. Effective date."
description: "Public buildings; specifying retainage amount for certain contracts. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 1520"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1520 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murdock", "West (Kevin)"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3266a3c-081a-4205-af44-cf41fe733844"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1520&session=2200"
source_hash: "8560c2b1ac937631ea9fd1482ef017a613eccf4157304a34c01d6f4af43b40be"
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 1520 (2022) — Public buildings; specifying retainage amount for certain contracts. 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/2021-22 INT/SB/SB1520 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB1520 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB1520 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB1520 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB1520 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB1520 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB1520 HCS.PDF)
8. **SB1520 FULLPCS1 KEVIN WEST-LRB.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB1520 FULLPCS1 KEVIN WEST-LRB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Murdock — primary (person)
- West (Kevin) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** Authored by Senator Murdock
- **2022-02-08** Second Reading referred to General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Coauthored by Representative West (Kevin) (principal House author)
- **2022-02-28** Withdrawn from General Government committee
- **2022-02-28** Referred to Business, Commerce and Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Reported Do Pass Business and Commerce committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-14** General Order, Considered
- **2022-03-14** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-03-15** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2022-03-15** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-28** Second Reading referred to General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-14** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute General Government Committee `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-27** General Order
- **2022-04-27** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-27** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-04-28** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2022-04-28** HAs read
- **2022-05-12** HAs adopted
- **2022-05-12** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Referred for enrollment
- **2022-05-16** Enrolled, to House
- **2022-05-16** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2022-05-16** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-20** Approved by Governor 05/20/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3266a3c-081a-4205-af44-cf41fe733844`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).