---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Human Services; duties and powers of the director; criteria for background check; rules and policies. Effective date."
description: "Department of Human Services; duties and powers of the director; criteria for background check; rules and policies. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 830"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 830 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffin", "Ownbey"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2018-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a80923c8-9f47-4522-9561-e43add7e5d95"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB830&session=1800"
source_hash: "216cf11062ad3fa662aac3a3328678ce0bf5d2d196fa689f0539fa3c7d245880"
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 830 (2017-2018) — Department of Human Services; duties and powers of the director; criteria for background check; rules and policies. 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/SB830 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB830 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB830 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB830 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB830 SFLR.PDF)
6. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB830 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Griffin — primary (person)
- Ownbey — 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 Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** coauthored by Ownbey (principal House author)
- **2018-02-26** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-06** General Order, Considered
- **2018-03-06** Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-03-07** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2018-03-07** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-19** Second Reading referred to Health Services and Long-Term Care `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** CR; Do Pass Health Services and Long-Term Care Committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-28** Coauthored by Senator(s) Pittman
- **2018-04-09** General Order
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-09** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-04-09** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-04-10** Enrolled, to House
- **2018-04-10** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-04-10** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-12** Approved by Governor 04/12/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a80923c8-9f47-4522-9561-e43add7e5d95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).