---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections; in-person absentee voting; counties in which additional voting polling places may be designated. Effective date."
description: "Elections; in-person absentee voting; counties in which additional voting polling places may be designated. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 347"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 347 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fields", "Russ"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a734ad45-6382-4cd0-81b7-b658a76b5438"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB347&session=1800"
source_hash: "98dba1e4a775044166db8469452d1bd7ffd4fea86c71e31f0cacde8cb1ffb425"
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 347 (2017-2018) — Elections; in-person absentee voting; counties in which additional voting polling places may be designated. 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/SB347 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB347 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB347 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB347 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB347 SFLR.PDF)
6. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB347 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **85–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fields — primary (person)
- Russ — 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 Holt
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Remove as author Senator Holt; authored by Senator Fields
- **2017-02-14** Coauthored by Senator Holt
- **2017-02-21** Coauthored by Representative Russ (principal House author)
- **2017-02-22** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-22** Coauthored by Senator David
- **2017-03-08** General Order, Considered
- **2017-03-08** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-09** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-09** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Elections and Ethics `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12** CR; Do Pass Elections and Ethics Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-19** General Order
- **2017-04-19** Coauthored by Representative(s) Hilbert
- **2017-04-19** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-19** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-04-19** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-04-20** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-04-20** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-04-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-26** Approved by Governor 04/26/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a734ad45-6382-4cd0-81b7-b658a76b5438`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).