---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers retirement; allowing certain teachers to return at full pay. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Teachers retirement; allowing certain teachers to return at full pay. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 428"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 428 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Henke", "Smalley"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe3e0bc0-1dca-450b-9cb8-bd41c5631b31"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB428&session=1800"
source_hash: "75a75324cd9260e8770b33065032ceb7b8185d92c5e108a776f57b11d16305e9"
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 428 (2017-2018) — Teachers retirement; allowing certain teachers to return at full pay. Effective date. Emergency.

## 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/SB428 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB428 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB428 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB428 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB428 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB428 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/SB428 HCS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **85–0** (pass) · lower
- FOURTH READING — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Henke — primary (person)
- Smalley — 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 Smalley
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Retirement and Insurance `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Reported Do Pass as amended Retirement and Insurance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-01** Coauthored by Representative Henke (principal House author)
- **2017-03-22** General Order, Considered
- **2017-03-22** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-22** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-23** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-23** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** Second Reading referred to Common Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Common Education Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-11** Coauthored by Representative(s) Nollan
- **2017-04-26** General Order
- **2017-04-26** Coauthored by Representative(s) Hoskin
- **2017-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-26** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-27** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-04-27** HAs read
- **2017-05-08** HAs adopted
- **2017-05-08** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-08** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-09** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-05-09** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-05-09** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-15** Approved by Governor 05/15/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe3e0bc0-1dca-450b-9cb8-bd41c5631b31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).