---
type: "Bill"
title: "Educator contracts; allowing the State Department of Education to contract with educators for certain services. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Educator contracts; allowing the State Department of Education to contract with educators for certain services. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 45"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 45 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharp", "West (Tammy)"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3496a113-994d-48b5-889f-34191f6e4e3d"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB45&session=1800"
source_hash: "9b262f02d0d6763b5f73be4f15505c15738b2ca17c870320a0a71ddac2ed5611"
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 45 (2017-2018) — Educator contracts; allowing the State Department of Education to contract with educators for certain services. 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/SB45 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB45 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB45 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB45 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB45 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **81–9** (pass) · lower
- EMERGENCY — **79–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sharp — primary (person)
- West (Tammy) — 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 Sharp
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-15** Title stricken
- **2017-02-15** Emergency clause stricken
- **2017-02-16** Coauthored by Representative West (Tammy) (principal House author)
- **2017-02-20** coauthored by Nollan
- **2017-02-20** Coauthored by Senator Pittman
- **2017-03-07** General Order, Amended
- **2017-03-07** Title restored
- **2017-03-07** Emergency clause restored
- **2017-03-07** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-07** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-08** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-08** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-11** CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-11** Coauthored by Representative(s) Baker
- **2017-04-17** General Order
- **2017-04-17** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 81 Nays: 9; Ayes: 79 Nays: 5 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-17** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-04-17** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-04-18** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-04-18** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-04-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-24** Approved by Governor 04/24/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3496a113-994d-48b5-889f-34191f6e4e3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).