---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political parties; requirements to retain party recognition. Effective date."
description: "Political parties; requirements to retain party recognition. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 350"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 350 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Echols", "Treat"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2018-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a97d1e91-947e-4731-90fd-5c323c0af117"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB350&session=1800"
source_hash: "1585cf4737cc36b56730c143bff4bb2dad9ea0426d90a9b0d92e277cdead7622"
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 350 (2017-2018) — Political parties; requirements to retain party recognition. 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/SB350 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB350 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB350 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB350 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB350 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **41–3** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **77–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Echols — primary (person)
- Treat — 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`
- **2017-03-01** Reported Do Pass Rules committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-13** Coauthored by Representative Echols (principal House author)
- **2017-03-14** General Order, Considered
- **2017-03-14** Measure passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 3 `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 Elections and Ethics `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12** CR; Do Pass Elections and Ethics Committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-05** Remove as author Senator Holt; authored by Senator Treat
- **2018-04-26** General Order
- **2018-04-26** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 77 Nays: 3 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-26** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-04-27** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-04-27** Enrolled, to House
- **2018-04-27** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-04-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Approved by Governor 05/03/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a97d1e91-947e-4731-90fd-5c323c0af117`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).