---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alarm and locksmiths; technology advancements; licenses; references. Effective date."
description: "Alarm and locksmiths; technology advancements; licenses; references. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 531"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 531 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faught", "Standridge"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e423d23-2396-4259-8b67-5350b63b4329"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB531&session=1800"
source_hash: "dbdb6e48a60077daa11781eb76a05b3622c1eab4a8ce5e33ae6746c46c00a87b"
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 531 (2017-2018) — Alarm and locksmiths; technology advancements; licenses; references. 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/SB531 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB531 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB531 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB531 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB531 SFLR.PDF)
6. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB531 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **83–0** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **42–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faught — primary (person)
- Standridge — 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 Standridge
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Business, Commerce and Tourism `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** coauthored by Faught (principal House author)
- **2017-02-23** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business, Commerce and Tourism committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-23** Title stricken
- **2017-03-14** General Order, Amended
- **2017-03-14** Title restored
- **2017-03-14** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 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 Business, Commerce and Tourism `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12** CR; Do Pass Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-18** General Order
- **2017-04-18** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-18** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-04-18** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-04-19** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-04-19** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-04-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-25** Approved by Governor 04/25/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e423d23-2396-4259-8b67-5350b63b4329`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).