---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ad valorem tax exemptions; exemption of pulp, paper, tissue and paper board. Effective date."
description: "Ad valorem tax exemptions; exemption of pulp, paper, tissue and paper board. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 293"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 293 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David", "Osborn (Leslie)"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa9597a6-e330-44a9-81cc-92064438c753"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB293&session=1800"
source_hash: "dfc9f2cef4be982c8aa0cac7dd132aafed4e391d2edf254cc6ce97495bb35d79"
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 293 (2017-2018) — Ad valorem tax exemptions; exemption of pulp, paper, tissue and paper board. 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/SB293 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB293 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB293 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB293 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB293 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB293 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/SB293 HCS.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **36–8** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **75–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David — primary (person)
- Osborn (Leslie) — 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 David
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Appropriations `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-01** Title stricken
- **2017-03-07** Coauthored by Representative Osborn (Leslie) (principal House author)
- **2017-03-14** Coauthored by Senator Pittman
- **2017-03-14** General Order, Considered
- **2017-03-14** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-15** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-18** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-18** Title restored
- **2017-04-25** General Order
- **2017-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 75 Nays: 20 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-26** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-04-26** HAs read
- **2017-05-10** HAs adopted
- **2017-05-10** Measure passed: Ayes: 36 Nays: 8 `passage`
- **2017-05-10** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-11** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-05-11** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-05-11** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-17** Approved by Governor 05/17/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa9597a6-e330-44a9-81cc-92064438c753`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).