---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicle license plates; creating Sooner State ABATE special plate; creating specified and designating use of fee. Effective date."
description: "Motor vehicle license plates; creating Sooner State ABATE special plate; creating specified and designating use of fee. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 55"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 55 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharp", "Teague"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29ba71d3-b538-47a8-88c3-f7691cdc8cdb"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB55&session=1800"
source_hash: "8db87e03ce5a72d75df33d0140d05ec5a8d70a5b8b4ff10caffbd00409b58207"
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 55 (2017-2018) — Motor vehicle license plates; creating Sooner State ABATE special plate; creating specified and designating use of fee. 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/SB55 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB55 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB55 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB55 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB55 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB55 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/SB55 HCS.PDF)
8. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB55 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **91–1** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **91–3** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sharp — primary (person)
- Teague — 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 Appropriations `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Referred to Appr/Sub-Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass as amended Appr/Sub-Finance sub-committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-08** Title stricken
- **2017-02-08** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-14** Coauthored by Representative Teague (principal House author)
- **2017-02-16** General Order, Considered
- **2017-02-16** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-02-16** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-02-16** Coauthored by Senator Pittman
- **2017-02-20** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-02-20** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Transportation `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Transportation Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-04** Title restored
- **2017-04-10** General Order
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-10** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-11** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-04-11** HAs read
- **2017-05-19** HAs adopted
- **2017-05-19** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-19** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-22** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-05-22** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-05-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-25** Approved by Governor 05/25/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29ba71d3-b538-47a8-88c3-f7691cdc8cdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).