---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers; providing for certain record check to not be required if performed within certain time period. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Teachers; providing for certain record check to not be required if performed within certain time period. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 29"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 29 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Thompson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c85f067b-2387-475a-954f-5e8019e3c7ed"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB29&session=1800"
source_hash: "0e4f2fa67f6193de834c1792c19261ac1065d657b0297ca94bba08eb879078fc"
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 29 (2017-2018) — Teachers; providing for certain record check to not be required if performed within certain time period. 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/SB29 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB29 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB29 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB29 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB29 SFLR.PDF)
6. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB29 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- EMERGENCY — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **27–19** (pass) · upper
- RECONSIDER — **83–0** (pass) · lower
- EMERGENCY — **56–11** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casey — primary (person)
- Thompson — 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 Thompson
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-15** coauthored by Casey (principal House author)
- **2017-02-20** Coauthored by Senator Pittman
- **2017-02-21** General Order, Considered
- **2017-02-21** Measure passed: Ayes: 27 Nays: 19 `passage`
- **2017-02-21** Emergency passed: Ayes: 32 Nays: 14
- **2017-02-21** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-02-22** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-02-22** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Common Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** CR; Do Pass Common Education Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-26** General Order
- **2017-04-26** Third Reading, Measure passed and Emergency failed: Ayes: 71 Nays: 0; Ayes: 56 Nays: 11 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-26** Notice served to reconsider vote by Representative Casey
- **2017-04-26** Motion to reconsider adopted: Ayes: 83 Nays: 0
- **2017-04-26** Emergency passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 0
- **2017-04-26** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-04-26** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-04-27** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-04-27** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-04-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-03** Approved by Governor 05/03/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c85f067b-2387-475a-954f-5e8019e3c7ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).