---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental health; modifying definitions; amending requirements for inpatient treatment; effective date."
description: "Mental health; modifying definitions; amending requirements for inpatient treatment; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1279"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1279 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lawson", "Stanley"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/434fe7f5-1e2d-4d48-9f9e-3688bdab7480"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1279&session=2000"
source_hash: "26a5c60df66092d747957fd35b3bbc840076ccc1e5bc4be6fa4f13fa98b299cb"
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 1279 (2020) — Mental health; modifying definitions; amending requirements for inpatient treatment; 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/HB1279 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1279 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1279 CA1.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB1279 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB1279 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB1279 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB1279 SFLR.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1279 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lawson — primary (person)
- Stanley — 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 Lawson
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Children, Youth and Family Services `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-21** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Children, Youth and Family Services Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06** General Order
- **2019-03-06** Coauthored by Representative(s) Munson
- **2019-03-06** Authored by Senator Stanley (principal Senate author)
- **2019-03-06** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-07** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-07** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Reported Do Pass as amended Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-23** General Order, Considered
- **2019-04-23** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-24** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-04-24** SA's received
- **2019-05-07** SA's read, adopted
- **2019-05-07** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 95 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-07** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-08** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2019-05-08** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2019-05-08** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-14** Approved by Governor 05/14/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/434fe7f5-1e2d-4d48-9f9e-3688bdab7480`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).