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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Pardons and paroles; requiring medical director of the Department of Corrections to make certain request. Effective date."
+description: "Pardons and paroles; requiring medical director of the Department of Corrections to make certain request. Effective date."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
+legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 1255"
+citation: "Oklahoma SB 1255 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jech", "Newton"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2026-02-02"
+last_action: "2026-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c21b66f-cd3c-4908-b246-c50677da6280"
+source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1255&session=2600"
+source_hash: "5305a42b187a3b3430eed553295b340efa5110eac405005a7fe4e76e418409ba"
+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 1255 (2026) — Pardons and paroles; requiring medical director of the Department of Corrections to make certain request. 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/SB/SB1255 INT.PDF)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1255 ENGR.PDF)
+3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1255 ENR.PDF)
+4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1255 HFLR.PDF)
+5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1255 SFLR.PDF)
+6. **SB1255 (3-23-26) (JECH) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1255 (3-23-26) (JECH) FA1.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **45–1** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **73–19** (pass) · lower
+- Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
+- Public Safety — **8–1** (pass) · upper
+- Criminal Judiciary Committee: Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jech — primary (person)
+- Newton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-02** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2026-02-02** Authored by Senator Jech
+- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-11** Coauthored by Representative Newton (principal House author)
+- **2026-02-24** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-26** Placed on General Order
+- **2026-03-25** General Order, Amended
+- **2026-03-25** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 1 `passage`
+- **2026-03-25** Referred for engrossment
+- **2026-03-26** Engrossed to House `passage`
+- **2026-03-26** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-30** Referred to Criminal Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-31** Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Criminal Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2026-04-14** CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
+- **2026-04-28** General Order
+- **2026-04-28** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 73 Nays: 19 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-04-28** Signed, returned to Senate
+- **2026-04-28** Referred for enrollment
+- **2026-04-29** Enrolled, to House
+- **2026-04-29** Signed, returned to Senate
+- **2026-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-06** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/06/2026 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c21b66f-cd3c-4908-b246-c50677da6280`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).
+