---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virtual presence; creating the Oklahomans Virtually Everywhere Act of 2019; directing agencies to develop certain proposals."
description: "Virtual presence; creating the Oklahomans Virtually Everywhere Act of 2019; directing agencies to develop certain proposals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1921"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1921 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniels", "Fincher"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9c5c1fe-c37b-49e5-9d8c-4031e4de0a15"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1921&session=2000"
source_hash: "c8c56af5e61693845935e8d9c3a354bce6d394c9f0b09da8650379fc9d945a7b"
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 1921 (2020) — Virtual presence; creating the Oklahomans Virtually Everywhere Act of 2019; directing agencies to develop certain proposals.

## 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/HB1921 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB1921 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB1921 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB1921 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB1921 SFLR.PDF)
6. **HB1921 FULLPCS1 DERREL FINCHER-LRB.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1921 FULLPCS1 DERREL FINCHER-LRB.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1921 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **80–13** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **27–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniels — primary (person)
- Fincher — 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 Fincher
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Government Efficiency `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-18** Withdrawn from Government Efficiency Committee
- **2019-02-18** Referred to Higher Education and Career Tech `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Higher Education and Career Tech Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Emergency added
- **2019-03-12** General Order
- **2019-03-12** Authored by Senator Daniels (principal Senate author)
- **2019-03-12** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 13 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-13** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-13** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** Second Reading referred to Education `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16** General Order, Considered
- **2019-04-16** Measure passed: Ayes: 27 Nays: 15 `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Emergency failed: Ayes: 30 Nays: 12
- **2019-04-16** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-04-17** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2019-04-17** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2019-04-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-22** Approved by Governor 04/22/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9c5c1fe-c37b-49e5-9d8c-4031e4de0a15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).