---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prisons and reformatories; creating the Parole of Aging Prisoners Act. Effective date."
description: "Prisons and reformatories; creating the Parole of Aging Prisoners Act. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 185"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 185 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Floyd", "West (Josh)"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 47
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/698055d2-a444-4c46-b593-e8f8dab55573"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB185&session=1800"
source_hash: "ba69abb902734cb4dfc791ac366ed6d08de67e6534c69c1df2f11cc6cfd2eef0"
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 185 (2017-2018) — Prisons and reformatories; creating the Parole of Aging Prisoners Act. 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/SB185 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB185 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB185 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB185 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB185 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB185 SFLR.PDF)
7. **Senate Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCCS/SB185 CCS.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **71–14** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **37–6** (pass) · upper
- FOURTH READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Floyd — primary (person)
- West (Josh) — 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 Floyd
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** coauthored by Biggs (principal House author)
- **2017-02-16** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-15** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2017-03-15** Measure passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 6 `passage`
- **2017-03-15** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-20** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Criminal Justice and Corrections `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** CR; Do Pass, as amended, Judiciary - Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-05** Remove Representative Biggs as principal House author and substitute with Representative Babinec
- **2017-04-05** Title stricken
- **2017-04-27** General Order
- **2017-04-27** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 71 Nays: 14 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-27** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-05-01** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-05-01** HAs read
- **2017-05-01** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2017-05-02** coauthored by Goodwin
- **2017-05-08** SCs named Floyd, Treat, Fry, Shaw, Thompson, Jech, Matthews
- **2017-05-10** Conference granted, naming Conference Committee on Judiciary - Criminal Justice and Corrections
- **2017-05-11** remove as principal author Representative Babinec and substitute with Representative Loring
- **2017-05-15** Coauthored by Senator Shaw
- **2017-05-15** Coauthored by Senator Jech
- **2017-05-25** Conferees unable to agree
- **2018-04-26** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2018-04-26** SCs named Floyd, Treat, Fry, Shaw, Thompson, Jech, Matthews
- **2018-04-27** remove as principal author Representative Loring and substitute with Representative West (Josh)
- **2018-04-27** coauthored by Loring
- **2018-04-27** Conference granted, naming Conference Committee on Judiciary
- **2018-04-30** 2 CCR read
- **2018-05-01** Title restored
- **2018-05-01** Coauthored by Senator Pittman
- **2018-05-01** 2 CCR adopted
- **2018-05-01** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** 2 CCR submitted
- **2018-05-03** 2 CCR adopted
- **2018-05-03** Coauthored by Representative(s) Munson
- **2018-05-03** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 78 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2018-05-03** To Senate
- **2018-05-03** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-05-03** Enrolled, to House
- **2018-05-03** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-05-03** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** Approved by Governor 05/08/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/698055d2-a444-4c46-b593-e8f8dab55573`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).