---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bus Passenger Safety Act; removing certain prohibitions; making exception. Effective date."
description: "Bus Passenger Safety Act; removing certain prohibitions; making exception. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 397"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 397 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Babinec", "Newhouse"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 39
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/670854d6-5e3a-4633-8bb1-3ca5d87dab8f"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB397&session=1800"
source_hash: "55fc9e92f1660f1563695592a2db14ae5df8dee1a7c90e40eaf2f7c659b2a778"
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 397 (2017-2018) — Bus Passenger Safety Act; removing certain prohibitions; making exception. 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/SB397 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB397 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB397 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB397 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB397 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB397 SFLR.PDF)
7. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB397 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **43–1** (pass) · upper
- SUSPEND HOUSE — **68–22** (pass) · lower
- FOURTH READING — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **79–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Babinec — primary (person)
- Newhouse — 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 Loveless
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** coauthored by Babinec (principal House author)
- **2017-02-16** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-16** Title stricken
- **2017-02-23** coauthored by Coody
- **2017-02-23** coauthored by Bennett (John)
- **2017-02-23** coauthored by Faught
- **2017-02-27** coauthored by Gann
- **2017-03-01** Coauthored by Senator Brecheen
- **2017-03-06** coauthored by Roberts (Sean)
- **2017-03-13** Coauthored by Senator Dahm
- **2017-03-23** General Order, Considered
- **2017-03-23** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2017-03-23** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-27** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-27** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** CR; Do Pass, as amended, Public Safety Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-05** Coauthored by Senator(s) Bergstrom
- **2017-04-05** Enacting clause stricken
- **2017-04-25** General Order
- **2017-04-25** House Rule suspended
- **2017-04-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-25** Title restored
- **2017-04-25** Enacting clause restored
- **2017-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 79 Nays: 9 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-26** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-04-26** HAs read
- **2017-05-02** Remove as author Senator Loveless; authored by Senator Newhouse
- **2017-05-11** HAs adopted
- **2017-05-11** Measure passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2017-05-11** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-12** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-05-15** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-05-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-19** Approved by Governor 05/19/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/670854d6-5e3a-4633-8bb1-3ca5d87dab8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).