republic-os/legislation/us/states/ok/2020/sb-1779.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections; prohibiting absentee ballot harvesting in certain elections; absentee voting. Emergency."
description: "Elections; prohibiting absentee ballot harvesting in certain elections; absentee voting. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 1779"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1779 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCall", "Treat"]
version_count: 16
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ea3ad11-0cb5-483f-8b2f-ea9f914b8ca4"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1779&session=2000"
source_hash: "b801d184e337eda0e368227bc4bdae3ff16cbfb1035aca57ce5467f9a17c8c25"
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 1779 (2020) — Elections; prohibiting absentee ballot harvesting in certain elections; absentee voting. Emergency.

## 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/SB/SB1779 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Amendment to Amendment by MUNSON** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB1779 FA3-A1 MUNSONCY-LRB.PDF)
3. **1 Amendment to Amendment by NICHOLS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB1779 FA1-A1 NICHOLSMO-MAH.PDF)
4. **1 Floor Amendment by KANNADY** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB1779 FA1 KANNADYCH-LRB.PDF)
5. **2 Amendment to Amendment by VIRGIN** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB1779 FA3-A2 VIRGINEM-LRB.PDF)
6. **2 Floor Amendment by KANNADY** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB1779 FA2 KANNADYCH-LRB.PDF)
7. **3 Amendment to Amendment by VIRGIN** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB1779 FA3-A3 VIRGINEM-LRB.PDF)
8. **3 Floor Amendment by MCCALL** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB1779 FA3 MCCALLCH-LRB.PDF)
9. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB1779 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
10. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1779 PCS.PDF)
11. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB1779 ENGR.PDF)
12. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB1779 ENR.PDF)
13. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB1779 HFLR.PDF)
14. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB1779 SFLR.PDF)
15. **SB1779 (3-10-20) (TREAT) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1779 (3-10-20) (TREAT) FA1.PDF)
16. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB1779 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- McCall — primary (person)
- Treat — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** Authored by Senator Treat
- **2020-02-06** Second Reading referred to Rules `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-09** Coauthored by Representative Echols (principal House author)
- **2020-03-11** General Order, Amended
- **2020-03-11** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 47 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2020-03-12** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2020-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-05-05** Remove Representative Echols as principal House author and substitute with Representative McCall
- **2020-05-06** Second Reading, direct to Calendar
- **2020-05-15** General Order
- **2020-05-15** Coauthored by Representative(s) Steagall, West (Kevin), CrosswhiteHader, Roberts (Sean), Grego, Boles, McDugle, Davis, West (Josh), Gann, Smith
- **2020-05-15** Coauthored by Senator(s) Bergstrom, Boggs, Bullard, David
- **2020-05-15** Amendment laid over
- **2020-05-15** Laid over
- **2020-05-15** Considered
- **2020-05-15** Coauthored by Representative(s) Fugate
- **2020-05-15** Amended by floor substitute
- **2020-05-15** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-05-15** Referred for engrossment
- **2020-05-15** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2020-05-15** HAs read
- **2020-05-15** Coauthored by Senator Boren
- **2020-05-15** HAs adopted
- **2020-05-15** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2020-05-15** Referred for enrollment
- **2020-05-15** Enrolled, to House
- **2020-05-15** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2020-05-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-21** Approved by Governor 05/21/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ea3ad11-0cb5-483f-8b2f-ea9f914b8ca4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).