---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oklahoma Personnel Act; allowing for low performance evaluation to be used during a reduction-in-force implementation plan. Effective date."
description: "Oklahoma Personnel Act; allowing for low performance evaluation to be used during a reduction-in-force implementation plan. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 1856"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1856 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Osburn", "Stewart"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f561e279-bcc8-416d-909c-ac7b0b7377dd"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1856&session=2400"
source_hash: "464caf460a522349c066332e80a65011bb7626a416deb2ce5dd2dec441fcff15"
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 1856 (2024) — Oklahoma Personnel Act; allowing for low performance evaluation to be used during a reduction-in-force implementation plan. 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/2023-24 INT/SB/SB1856 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by MUNSON** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB1856 FA1 MUNSONCY-LRB.PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB1856 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1856 PCS.PDF)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB1856 CS.PDF)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB1856 ENGR.PDF)
7. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB1856 ENR.PDF)
8. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB1856 HFLR.PDF)
9. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB1856 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- General Government — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- General Government Committee: Do Pass — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **45–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Osburn — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** Authored by Senator Stewart
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading referred to General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Coauthored by Representative Osburn (principal House author)
- **2024-02-22** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute General Government committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-04** General Order, Considered
- **2024-03-04** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-05** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2024-03-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-25** Second Reading referred to General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26** CR; Do Pass General Government Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-16** General Order
- **2024-04-16** Coauthored by Representative(s) McDugle
- **2024-04-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-16** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-16** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-04-17** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-17** HAs read
- **2024-05-20** HAs adopted
- **2024-05-20** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2024-05-20** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-05-21** Enrolled, to House
- **2024-05-21** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-05-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-23** Approved by Governor 05/23/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f561e279-bcc8-416d-909c-ac7b0b7377dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).