---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections; procedures for voter registration in connection with issuance of driver license. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Elections; procedures for voter registration in connection with issuance of driver license. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 148"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 148 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fields", "Russ"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69c918f4-e71a-43e6-b607-ebec64fd46ca"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB148&session=1800"
source_hash: "f1d5b7f1283a6ab292009247a759b0e12376efe418ab001d4e5a1b727c30c33b"
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 148 (2017-2018) — Elections; procedures for voter registration in connection with issuance of driver license. 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/SB148 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB148 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB148 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB148 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB148 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB148 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB148 HCS.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **42–1** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **34–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fields — primary (person)
- Russ — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Authored by Senator Fields
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Coauthored by Representative Russ (principal House author)
- **2017-02-22** Reported Do Pass as amended Rules committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-22** Emergency added
- **2017-03-08** General Order, Considered
- **2017-03-08** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 34 Nays: 9 `passage`
- **2017-03-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-09** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-09** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Elections and Ethics `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Elections and Ethics Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-26** General Order
- **2017-04-26** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-27** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-04-27** HAs read
- **2017-05-04** HAs adopted
- **2017-05-04** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-08** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-05-08** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-05-08** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-12** Approved by Governor 05/12/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69c918f4-e71a-43e6-b607-ebec64fd46ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).