---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mines and mining; repealing certain sections. Effective date."
description: "Mines and mining; repealing certain sections. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 479"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 479 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland", "Dahm"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/677f0c53-adcb-4ff2-a56f-1df5220555b5"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB479&session=1800"
source_hash: "dc14dab55652c1b8bb1c183885da957b89eb610c3313d511ae23aa64dae43f04"
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 479 (2017-2018) — Mines and mining; repealing certain sections. 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/SB479 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB479 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB479 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB479 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB479 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **83–3** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cleveland — primary (person)
- Dahm — 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 Dahm
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Energy `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Coauthored by Representative Cleveland (principal House author)
- **2017-02-23** Reported Do Pass Energy committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-07** General Order, Considered
- **2017-03-07** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 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 Energy and Natural Resources `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03** CR; Do Pass Energy and Natural Resources Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-24** General Order
- **2017-04-24** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 3 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-24** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-04-24** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-04-25** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-04-25** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-01** Approved by Governor 05/01/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/677f0c53-adcb-4ff2-a56f-1df5220555b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).