republic-os/legislation/us/states/ok/2020/sb-444.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections; modifying provisions relating to precinct election boards and officials. Effective dates."
description: "Elections; modifying provisions relating to precinct election boards and officials. Effective dates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 444"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 444 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jech", "Wright"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39ea2475-d8f2-48f5-ab1e-d52513b25cb8"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB444&session=2000"
source_hash: "f2a23e3aa7f3cff13442e1d6e569f43898d2f2a0899465d0305297b4750279d2"
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 444 (2020) — Elections; modifying provisions relating to precinct election boards and officials. Effective dates.

## 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/SB444 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by WRIGHT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB444 FA1 WRIGHTHA-LRB(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **2 Floor Amendment by WRIGHT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB444 FA2 WRIGHTHA-LRB(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
4. **3 Floor Amendment by WRIGHT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB444 FA3 WRIGHTHA-LRB(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
5. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB444 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
6. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB444 CA1.PDF)
7. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB444 ENGR.PDF)
8. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB444 ENR.PDF)
9. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB444 HFLR.PDF)
10. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB444 SFLR.PDF)
11. **SB444 (2-26-19) (JECH) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB444 (2-26-19) (JECH) RT FA1.PDF)
12. **Senate Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCCS/SB444 CCS.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **45–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jech — primary (person)
- Wright — 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 Senator Jech
- **2019-02-04** Coauthored by Senator Boren
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Rules Committee then to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-12** Coauthored by Representative Wright (principal House author)
- **2019-02-13** Coauthored by Representative Lepak
- **2019-02-13** Reported Do Pass as amended Rules committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-13** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20** Title stricken
- **2019-03-04** General Order, Amended
- **2019-03-04** Title restored
- **2019-03-04** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2019-03-04** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-05** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-03-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading referred to Rules `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** CR; Do Pass Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Coauthored by Representative(s) Meredith
- **2019-03-26** Coauthored by Senator(s) Sharp
- **2019-04-18** General Order
- **2019-04-18** Coauthored by Representative(s) Russ
- **2019-04-18** House Rule suspended
- **2019-04-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-18** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 64 Nays: 32 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-22** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-04-22** HAs read
- **2019-04-23** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2019-05-02** SCs named Jech, McCortney, Daniels, Paxton, Kirt, Ikley-Freeman
- **2019-05-13** Conference granted, naming Conference Committee on Rules
- **2019-05-15** CCR read
- **2019-05-17** CCR adopted
- **2019-05-17** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 41 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-17** CCR submitted
- **2019-05-22** CCR adopted
- **2019-05-22** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 14 `passage`
- **2019-05-22** To Senate
- **2019-05-22** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-22** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-05-22** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-05-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-28** Approved by Governor 05/28/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39ea2475-d8f2-48f5-ab1e-d52513b25cb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).