---
type: "Bill"
title: "Evidence Code; authorizing the admissibility of statements made by vulnerable or incapacitated persons in certain circumstances. Effective date."
description: "Evidence Code; authorizing the admissibility of statements made by vulnerable or incapacitated persons in certain circumstances. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 692"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 692 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffin", "Sanders"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 45
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96a56592-e0b2-467e-911c-07d491f96548"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB692&session=1800"
source_hash: "3dbd575f6b6bde3c7c28409683087a5d7a572479efc051cd8ded3505376590fc"
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 692 (2017-2018) — Evidence Code; authorizing the admissibility of statements made by vulnerable or incapacitated persons in certain circumstances. 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/SB692 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB692 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB692 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB692 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB692 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB692 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/SB692 HCS.PDF)
8. **Senate Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCCS/SB692 CCS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **44–2** (pass) · upper
- FOURTH READING — **71–22** (pass) · lower
- FOURTH READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **83–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Griffin — primary (person)
- Sanders — 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 Griffin
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Appropriations `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Referred to Appr/Sub-Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appr/Sub-Health sub-committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-08** Title stricken
- **2017-02-08** Emergency clause stricken
- **2017-02-08** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-14** Coauthored by Senator David
- **2017-02-16** Coauthored by Representative Osborn (Leslie) (principal House author)
- **2017-02-27** Coauthored by Senator Newhouse
- **2017-02-27** General Order, Amended
- **2017-02-27** Title restored
- **2017-02-27** Emergency clause restored
- **2017-02-27** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2017-02-27** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-02-28** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-02-28** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03** Withdrawn from Appropriations and Budget Committee
- **2017-04-03** Referred to Judiciary - Criminal Justice and Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary - Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-13** Remove Representative Osborn (Leslie) as principal House author and substitute with Representative Biggs
- **2017-04-13** Emergency removed
- **2017-04-19** General Order
- **2017-04-19** Remove Representative Biggs as principal House author and substitute with Representative Sanders
- **2017-04-19** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 5 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-19** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-20** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-04-20** HAs read
- **2017-05-08** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2017-05-10** Conference granted, naming Conference Committee on Judiciary - Criminal Justice and Corrections
- **2017-05-11** SCs named GCCA
- **2017-05-22** CCR read, GCCA
- **2017-05-23** CCR adopted, GCCA
- **2017-05-23** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-23** CCR submitted
- **2017-05-25** CCR adopted
- **2017-05-25** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 71 Nays: 22 `passage`
- **2017-05-25** To Senate
- **2017-05-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-25** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-05-25** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-05-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-31** Approved by Governor 05/31/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96a56592-e0b2-467e-911c-07d491f96548`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).