---
type: "Bill"
title: "Small claims procedure; jurisdiction and transfer; transfer from small claims docket. Effective date."
description: "Small claims procedure; jurisdiction and transfer; transfer from small claims docket. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 661"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 661 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kannady", "Sparks"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 39
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13f3ada1-cde5-4340-87f7-56d99a8372f4"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB661&session=1800"
source_hash: "3164647c36efed78ed240d91c9495af1fd7bbd65c9e7917a2444853e085d1ace"
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 661 (2017-2018) — Small claims procedure; jurisdiction and transfer; transfer from small claims docket. 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/SB661 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB661 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB661 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB661 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB661 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB661 SFLR.PDF)
7. **Senate Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCCS/SB661 CCS.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **82–10** (pass) · lower
- FOURTH READING — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **66–22** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kannady — primary (person)
- Sparks — 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 Sparks
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-28** Coauthored by Representative Kannady (principal House author)
- **2017-03-08** Coauthored by Senator Sykes
- **2017-03-22** Coauthored by Senator Stanislawski
- **2017-03-22** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2017-03-22** Title stricken
- **2017-03-22** Measure passed: Ayes: 40 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 Judiciary - Civil and Environmental `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Withdrawn from Judiciary - Civil and Environmental Committee
- **2017-03-30** Referred to Appropriations and Budget `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-17** CR; Do Pass, as amended, Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-17** Enacting clause stricken
- **2017-04-26** General Order
- **2017-04-26** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 66 Nays: 22 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-27** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-04-27** HAs read
- **2017-05-19** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2017-05-19** SCs named Sparks, Sykes, Standridge, Newhouse, Pugh, Floyd, Smalley
- **2017-05-23** Conference granted, naming GCCA
- **2017-05-25** CCR read
- **2017-05-25** Title restored
- **2017-05-25** CCR adopted
- **2017-05-25** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-25** CCR submitted
- **2017-05-26** CCR adopted
- **2017-05-26** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 82 Nays: 10 `passage`
- **2017-05-26** To Senate
- **2017-05-26** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-26** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-05-26** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-05-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-06** Approved by Governor 06/06/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13f3ada1-cde5-4340-87f7-56d99a8372f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).