---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tax administration; authorizing certain state agencies to require certain employees to undergo specified criminal history and record searches; codification. Effective date."
description: "Tax administration; authorizing certain state agencies to require certain employees to undergo specified criminal history and record searches; codification. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 292"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 292 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sears", "Thompson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e386a371-9bdc-4e89-9fef-9e3857ee5ac6"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB292&session=1800"
source_hash: "e83c21771151bff8b63c76adaa1ed94d9a8942a1c9e15577b47f8a9b061c2a34"
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 292 (2017-2018) — Tax administration; authorizing certain state agencies to require certain employees to undergo specified criminal history and record searches; codification. 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/SB292 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB292 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB292 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB292 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB292 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB292 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **94–2** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **83–0** (pass) · lower
- SUSPEND HOUSE — **66–29** (fail) · lower
- THIRD READING — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- FOURTH READING — **42–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sears — 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 Appropriations `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Referred to Appr/Sub-Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appr/Sub-Finance sub-committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-15** coauthored by Sears (principal House author)
- **2017-02-15** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-15** Title stricken
- **2017-03-06** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2017-03-06** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-06** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-07** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-07** 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 Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Finance Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-04** CR; Do Pass, as amended, Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-04** Enacting clause stricken
- **2017-04-26** General Order
- **2017-04-26** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 83 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 rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2017-05-10** Conference granted, naming GCCA
- **2017-05-11** SCs named Thompson, Brecheen, Bergstrom, Bice, Newberry, Sparks, Dossett
- **2017-05-24** CCR read
- **2017-05-24** Title restored
- **2017-05-24** Enacting clause restored
- **2017-05-25** CCR adopted
- **2017-05-25** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 42 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2017-05-25** CCR submitted
- **2017-05-25** Motion to suspend House Rule failed
- **2017-05-25** CCR adopted
- **2017-05-25** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 94 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2017-05-25** To Senate
- **2017-05-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-26** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-05-26** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-05-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-31** Approved by Governor 05/31/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e386a371-9bdc-4e89-9fef-9e3857ee5ac6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).