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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Elections; tie votes; selection of nominee or electee; effective date."
+description: "Elections; tie votes; selection of nominee or electee; effective date."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
+legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 1678"
+citation: "Oklahoma HB 1678 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burns", "Townley"]
+version_count: 10
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2025-02-03"
+last_action: "2025-05-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd689f75-1a4e-4552-9c87-282bb4f22f55"
+source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1678&session=2600"
+source_hash: "15f9197c4e5c968a703321b7c84cdd10cb03ad1a12d4c17960dc3af13fea6c63"
+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 HB 1678 (2026) — Elections; tie votes; selection of nominee or electee; effective date.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 INT/hB/HB1678 INT.PDF)
+2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/HB1678 SAHB AND ENGR.PDF)
+3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1678 PCS.PDF)
+4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB1678 ENGR.PDF)
+5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB1678 ENR.PDF)
+6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB1678 HFLR.PDF)
+7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB1678 SFLR.PDF)
+8. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1678 CS.PDF)
+9. **Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1678 FULLPCS1 TAMMY TOWNLEY-MJ.PDF)
+10. **Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCSH/HB1678 SCSH.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **56–28** (pass) · lower
+- Judiciary — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- Fourth Reading — **82–8** (pass) · lower
+- Advance — **37–1** (pass) · upper
+- Rules Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burns — primary (person)
+- Townley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-02-03** Authored by Representative Townley
+- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Government Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-04** Referred to Elections and Ethics `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-24** Withdrawn from Elections and Ethics Committee
+- **2025-02-24** Withdrawn from Government Oversight Committee
+- **2025-02-24** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-26** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules Committee `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-05** General Order
+- **2025-03-05** Authored by Senator Burns (principal Senate author)
+- **2025-03-05** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 56 Nays: 28 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-05** Referred for engrossment
+- **2025-03-06** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
+- **2025-03-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-15** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
+- **2025-04-17** Placed on General Order
+- **2025-05-01** General Order, Considered
+- **2025-05-01** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
+- **2025-05-01** Referred for engrossment
+- **2025-05-05** Engrossed to House `passage`
+- **2025-05-05** SA's received
+- **2025-05-21** SA's read, adopted
+- **2025-05-21** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 82 Nays: 8 `passage`
+- **2025-05-21** Referred for enrollment
+- **2025-05-22** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
+- **2025-05-22** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
+- **2025-05-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-29** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/29/2025 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd689f75-1a4e-4552-9c87-282bb4f22f55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).
+