---
type: "Bill"
title: "Larry Dickerson Education Flexible Benefits Allowance Act; modifying definition. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Larry Dickerson Education Flexible Benefits Allowance Act; modifying definition. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 1015"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1015 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Stanislawski"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 42
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c107a9b3-895f-4fbe-91b1-5ca0a831860a"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1015&session=1800"
source_hash: "f4d5cf87fc69068abc03211d28fb234f5329cb9ca88cf99b30f8ec8ccc436000"
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 1015 (2017-2018) — Larry Dickerson Education Flexible Benefits Allowance Act; modifying definition. 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/2017-18 INT/SB/SB1015 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB1015 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB1015 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB1015 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB1015 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB1015 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **73–19** (pass) · lower
- FOURTH READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- FOURTH READING — **68–20** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Stanislawski — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Authored by Senator Stanislawski
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading referred to Appropriations `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Appr/Sub-Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Withdrawn from Appr/Sub-Education committee
- **2018-03-01** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** Title stricken
- **2018-03-01** Emergency clause stricken
- **2018-03-05** Coauthored by Representative Caldwell (principal House author)
- **2018-03-14** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2018-03-14** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-14** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-03-15** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2018-03-15** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-21** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-10** CR; Do Pass, as amended, Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-10** Enacting clause stricken
- **2018-04-26** General Order
- **2018-04-26** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 73 Nays: 19 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-04-26** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2018-04-26** HAs read
- **2018-04-26** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2018-04-27** SCs named Stanislawski, Bergstrom, Simpson, Griffin, Leewright, Ikley-Freeman, Dossett
- **2018-04-27** Conference granted, naming GCCA
- **2018-04-30** CCR read
- **2018-04-30** Title restored
- **2018-04-30** Enacting clause restored
- **2018-04-30** Emergency clause restored
- **2018-05-01** CCR adopted
- **2018-05-01** Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** CCR submitted
- **2018-05-02** CCR adopted
- **2018-05-02** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 68 Nays: 20 `passage`
- **2018-05-02** To Senate
- **2018-05-02** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-05-02** Enrolled, to House
- **2018-05-02** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-05-03** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-10** Approved by Governor 05/10/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c107a9b3-895f-4fbe-91b1-5ca0a831860a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).