---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections; special elections; requiring issuance of Writ of Election; modifying certain special election exemption; effective date."
description: "Elections; special elections; requiring issuance of Writ of Election; modifying certain special election exemption; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1070"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1070 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pae", "Sharp"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3616d080-1a55-4e96-907f-41892151d0db"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1070&session=2000"
source_hash: "6886c0bc9760f24c9344583c0ba5b2e83d2ea5d7504847045c3737c26a4a1211"
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 HB 1070 (2020) — Elections; special elections; requiring issuance of Writ of Election; modifying certain special election exemption; 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/hB/HB1070 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1070 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1070 PCS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB1070 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB1070 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB1070 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB1070 SFLR.PDF)
8. **HB1070 FULLPCS1 DANIEL PAE-LRB.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1070 FULLPCS1 DANIEL PAE-LRB.PDF)
9. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1070 CS.PDF)
10. **Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCSH/HB1070 SCSH.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pae — primary (person)
- Sharp — 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 Representative Pae
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Rules `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-12** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-12** Authored by Senator Sharp (principal Senate author)
- **2019-02-20** General Order
- **2019-02-20** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 99 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-20** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-02-21** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-02-21** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Second Reading referred to Rules `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-03** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-10** General Order, Considered
- **2019-04-10** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-10** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-04-11** SA's received
- **2019-05-06** SA's read, adopted
- **2019-05-06** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-06** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-07** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2019-05-07** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2019-05-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-13** Approved by Governor 05/13/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3616d080-1a55-4e96-907f-41892151d0db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).