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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Presidential Electors; prescribing oath for Electors filling vacancies. Effective date."
+description: "Presidential Electors; prescribing oath for Electors filling vacancies. Effective date."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
+legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 1491"
+citation: "Oklahoma SB 1491 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hilbert", "Paxton"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2026-02-02"
+last_action: "2026-05-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94a00159-1f50-4cc4-849d-729ea96a4cd8"
+source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1491&session=2600"
+source_hash: "3cbcdb93f97a507bccc0e3d8158c1f30937d9cc08d8ccc9190f910f8d061a9c8"
+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 1491 (2026) — Presidential Electors; prescribing oath for Electors filling vacancies. 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/SB1491 INT.PDF)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1491 ENGR.PDF)
+3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1491 ENR.PDF)
+4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1491 HFLR.PDF)
+5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1491 SFLR.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Advance — **41–0** (pass) · upper
+- Rules — **17–1** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **68–16** (pass) · lower
+- Elections And Ethics Committee: Do Pass — **5–1** (pass) · lower
+- Government Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **10–4** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **40–6** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hilbert — primary (person)
+- Paxton — 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 Paxton
+- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-23** Coauthored by Representative Hilbert (principal House author)
+- **2026-03-04** Reported Do Pass Rules committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-09** Placed on General Order
+- **2026-03-24** General Order, Considered
+- **2026-03-24** Advanced to Third Reading
+- **2026-03-24** Ayes: 41 Nays: 0
+- **2026-03-24** Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 6 `passage`
+- **2026-03-24** Referred for engrossment
+- **2026-03-25** Engrossed to House `passage`
+- **2026-03-25** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Government Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-30** Referred to Elections and Ethics `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-06** Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass Elections and Ethics `committee-passage`
+- **2026-04-14** CR; Do Pass Government Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
+- **2026-04-28** General Order
+- **2026-04-28** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 68 Nays: 16 `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`
+- **2026-05-05** Approved by Governor 05/01/2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94a00159-1f50-4cc4-849d-729ea96a4cd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).
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