republic-os/legislation/us/states/ok/2020/sb-870.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Wildfire prevention; authorizing county employees to employ fire prevention activities on private land with permission. Effective date.	Wildfire prevention; authorizing county employees to employ fire prevention activities on private land with permission. Effective date.	us/states/ok	Oklahoma Legislature	2020	SB 870	Oklahoma SB 870 (2020)	bill		enacted	Murdock Newton	9	26	2	2019-02-04	2019-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/ab444c37-19c4-4c7f-8f2f-ce75af6c7cbe	http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB870&session=2000	fc698dbb2887c2528d29c3133c2566d195cb99a1dbfbf7a9b55159f667dcb238	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ok

Oklahoma SB 870 (2020) — Wildfire prevention; authorizing county employees to employ fire prevention activities on private land with permission. 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/SB/SB870 INT.PDF)
2. 1 Floor Amendment by NEWTON (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB870 FA1 NEWTONCA-AMM(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. Amended And Engrossed (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB870 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB870 ENGR.PDF)
5. Enrolled (final version) (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB870 ENR.PDF)
6. Floor (House) (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB870 HFLR.PDF)
7. Floor (Senate) (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB870 SFLR.PDF)
8. House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB870 HCS.PDF)
9. SB870 FULLPCS1 CARL NEWTON-AMM.PDF (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB870 FULLPCS1 CARL NEWTON-AMM.PDF)

Votes

• FOURTH READING — 43–2 (pass) · upper
• THIRD READING — 43–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Murdock — primary (person)
• Newton — 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 Murdock
• 2019-02-07 Second Reading referred to Agriculture and Wildlife referral-committee, reading-2
• 2019-02-18 Reported Do Pass Agriculture and Wildlife committee; CR filed committee-passage
• 2019-02-26 Coauthored by Representative Newton (principal House author)
• 2019-03-05 General Order, Considered
• 2019-03-05 Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 passage
• 2019-03-05 Referred for engrossment
• 2019-03-06 Engrossed to House passage
• 2019-03-06 First Reading introduction, reading-1
• 2019-03-19 Second Reading referred to Rules referral-committee, reading-2
• 2019-04-02 CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules Committee committee-passage
• 2019-04-25 General Order
• 2019-04-25 House Rule suspended
• 2019-04-25 Amended amendment-passage
• 2019-04-25 Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 0 passage, reading-3
• 2019-04-25 Referred for engrossment
• 2019-04-29 Engrossed, signed, to Senate passage
• 2019-04-29 HAs read
• 2019-05-06 HAs adopted
• 2019-05-06 Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 2 passage
• 2019-05-06 Referred for enrollment
• 2019-05-07 Enrolled, to House
• 2019-05-07 Signed, returned to Senate
• 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; origin ocd-bill/ab444c37-19c4-4c7f-8f2f-ce75af6c7cbe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).