---
type: "Bill"
title: "1921 Tulsa Race Riot; creating revolving fund; repealers. Effective date."
description: "1921 Tulsa Race Riot; creating revolving fund; repealers. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 17"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 17 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthews", "Nichols"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68b4317f-c87a-40e3-954c-83b8822cf6f3"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB17&session=1800"
source_hash: "48f22e952756922ef76dff3ae3b7cfedc3db7b73674c4899951f324e22d91262"
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 17 (2017-2018) — 1921 Tulsa Race Riot; creating revolving fund; repealers. Effective date.

## 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/SB17 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB17 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB17 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB17 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB17 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **81–0** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Matthews — primary (person)
- Nichols — 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 Matthews
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Appropriations `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Referred to Appr/Sub-Natural Resources and Regularoty Services `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** coauthored by Nichols (principal House author)
- **2017-02-15** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appr/Sub-Natural Resources and Regularoty Services sub-committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-15** coauthored by Goodwin
- **2017-02-15** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-15** Title stricken
- **2017-02-20** Coauthored by Senator Pittman
- **2017-03-07** General Order, Considered
- **2017-03-07** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-07** Notice served to reconsider vote on measure Matthews
- **2017-03-08** Motion to reconsider vote adopted: Ayes: 40 Nays: 0
- **2017-03-08** Backed up to General Order
- **2017-03-08** General Order, Amended
- **2017-03-08** Title restored
- **2017-03-08** Measure passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 0 `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 Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-11** CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-25** General Order
- **2017-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 81 Nays: 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-25** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-04-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-04-26** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-04-26** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-02** Approved by Governor 05/02/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68b4317f-c87a-40e3-954c-83b8822cf6f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).