---
type: "Bill"
title: "Victims' impact panel programs; sentencing powers of the court; attendance; program requirements. Effective date."
description: "Victims' impact panel programs; sentencing powers of the court; attendance; program requirements. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 252"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 252 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffin", "Osburn (Mike)"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71df42dd-4c61-449b-b970-1a6a2a705e23"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB252&session=1800"
source_hash: "6ddc35772d8c61115117d828a97d0c756329582cc33e36e8f203d391767be016"
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 252 (2017-2018) — Victims' impact panel programs; sentencing powers of the court; attendance; program requirements. 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/SB252 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB252 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB252 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB252 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB252 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB252 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/SB252 HCS.PDF)
8. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB252 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Griffin — primary (person)
- Osburn (Mike) — 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 Griffin
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-02** Title stricken
- **2017-03-08** Coauthored by Representative Osburn (Mike) (principal House author)
- **2017-03-23** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2017-03-23** Emergency added
- **2017-03-23** Emergency clause stricken
- **2017-03-23** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-23** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-27** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-27** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Criminal Justice and Corrections `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary - Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-13** Coauthored by Representative(s) Biggs
- **2017-04-13** Title restored
- **2017-04-25** General Order
- **2017-04-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-26** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-04-26** HAs read
- **2017-05-04** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2017-05-10** Conference granted, naming Conference Committee on Judiciary - Criminal Justice and Corrections
- **2017-05-11** SCs named Griffin, Fry, Shaw, Dugger, Jech, Dossett, Matthews
- **2017-05-11** Rescind rejection of HAs
- **2017-05-11** Rescind naming of conferees
- **2017-05-11** Request for conference rescinded; returned to House Amendments
- **2017-05-11** Rescinding conference granted
- **2017-05-12** HAs adopted
- **2017-05-12** Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-12** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-12** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-05-15** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-05-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-19** Approved by Governor 05/19/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71df42dd-4c61-449b-b970-1a6a2a705e23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).