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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Courts; establishing certain judicial offices; creating Task Force for the Study of Business Courts. Effective date. Emergency."
+description: "Courts; establishing certain judicial offices; creating Task Force for the Study of Business Courts. Effective date. Emergency."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
+legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 473"
+citation: "Oklahoma SB 473 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["ODonnell", "Treat"]
+version_count: 14
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2023-02-06"
+last_action: "2024-05-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bcf2f9a-ef2f-4551-a967-7b4b481a08f5"
+source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB473&session=2400"
+source_hash: "d7c6ba9f5720d43c01edcc3e5c3a181e2a2d7962e3bbc2669a938cff3079639f"
+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 473 (2024) — Courts; establishing certain judicial offices; creating Task Force for the Study of Business Courts. Effective date. 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/2023-24 INT/SB/SB473 INT.PDF)
+2. **1 Amendment to Amendment by BLANCETT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB473 FA1-A1 BLANCETTME-MAH.PDF)
+3. **1 Floor Amendment by HILBERT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB473 FA1 HILBERTKY-MAH.PDF)
+4. **2 Amendment to Amendment by BLANCETT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB473 FA1-A2 BLANCETTME-MAH.PDF)
+5. **3 Amendment to Amendment by HILBERT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB473 FA1-A3 HILBERTKY-MAH.PDF)
+6. **4 Amendment to Amendment by OSBURN** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB473 FA1-A4 OSBURNMI-CC.PDF)
+7. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB473 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
+8. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB473 ENGR.PDF)
+9. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB473 ENR.PDF)
+10. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB473 HFLR.PDF)
+11. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB473 SFLR.PDF)
+12. **SB473 (3-14-23) (PAXTON) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB473 (3-14-23) (PAXTON) FS FA1.PDF)
+13. **SB473 (3-14-23) (PAXTON) RT FA2.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB473 (3-14-23) (PAXTON) RT FA2.PDF)
+14. **Senate Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCCS/SB473 CCS.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Fourth Reading — **79–8** (pass) · lower
+- Committee On Education: Strike The Title, Motion By Senator Pugh - Adopted — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+- Appropriations — **19–0** (pass) · upper
+- Fourth Reading — **37–6** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **56–26** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- ODonnell — primary (person)
+- Treat — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-02-06** Authored by Senator Paxton
+- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-28** Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-28** Title stricken
+- **2023-02-28** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-01** Reported Do Pass Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-07** Coauthored by Representative Hilbert (principal House author)
+- **2023-03-20** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
+- **2023-03-20** Title restored
+- **2023-03-20** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
+- **2023-03-20** Referred for engrossment
+- **2023-03-21** Engrossed to House `passage`
+- **2023-03-21** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-23** Withdrawn from General Government, Direct to Calendar
+- **2024-04-25** General Order
+- **2024-04-25** Coauthored by Representative(s) Sneed, Manger, West (Kevin), Cantrell
+- **2024-04-25** Amended by floor substitute
+- **2024-04-25** Title stricken
+- **2024-04-25** Enacting clause stricken
+- **2024-04-25** Emergency removed
+- **2024-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 56 Nays: 26 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-04-25** Referred for engrossment
+- **2024-04-29** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
+- **2024-04-29** HAs read
+- **2024-05-24** Remove as author Senator Paxton; authored by Senator Treat
+- **2024-05-24** Coauthored by Senator Paxton
+- **2024-05-27** remove as principal author Representative Hilbert and substitute with Representative Echols
+- **2024-05-27** Coauthored by Representative Hilbert
+- **2024-05-27** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
+- **2024-05-27** SCs named Treat, McCortney, Gollihare, Howard, Floyd
+- **2024-05-27** Conference granted, naming Special Conference Committee on SB 473
+- **2024-05-28** CCR read
+- **2024-05-28** Title restored
+- **2024-05-28** Enacting clause restored
+- **2024-05-28** Emergency added
+- **2024-05-29** CCR adopted
+- **2024-05-29** Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 37 Nays: 6 `passage`
+- **2024-05-29** CCR submitted
+- **2024-05-29** CCR adopted
+- **2024-05-29** Remove Representative Echols as principal House author and substitute with Representative ODonnell
+- **2024-05-29** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 79 Nays: 8 `passage`
+- **2024-05-29** To Senate
+- **2024-05-29** Referred for enrollment
+- **2024-05-30** Enrolled, to House
+- **2024-05-30** Signed, returned to Senate
+- **2024-05-30** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-31** Approved by Governor 05/31/2024 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bcf2f9a-ef2f-4551-a967-7b4b481a08f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).
+