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type: "Bill"
title: "Guardian and ward; guardianship of minor; creating exception to certain background check requirement. Effective date."
description: "Guardian and ward; guardianship of minor; creating exception to certain background check requirement. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 977"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 977 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Floyd", "Walke"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a303fd3-637a-46cd-84dd-fa8f12b30475"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB977&session=2000"
source_hash: "90b6ce8adfcc2f199eb0bfedd78a78a059162f9f48f6c9fcfefd497423c18f50"
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 977 (2020) — Guardian and ward; guardianship of minor; creating exception to certain background check requirement. 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/SB977 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB977 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB977 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB977 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB977 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB977 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB977 HCS.PDF)
8. **SB977 FULLAMD1 COLLIN WALKE-EK.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB977 FULLAMD1 COLLIN WALKE-EK.PDF)
## Votes
- THIRD READING — **440** (pass) · upper
- FOURTH READING — **460** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Floyd — primary (person)
- Walke — 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 Floyd
- **2019-02-11** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-04** Coauthored by Representative Walke (principal House author)
- **2019-03-12** General Order, Considered
- **2019-03-12** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-12** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-13** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-03-13** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-03-27** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16** General Order
- **2019-04-16** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-17** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-04-17** HAs read
- **2019-05-08** HAs adopted
- **2019-05-08** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-09** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-05-09** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-05-09** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-15** Approved by Governor 05/15/2019 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a303fd3-637a-46cd-84dd-fa8f12b30475`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).