---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reading Sufficiency Act; extending probationary promotion for certain number of years. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Reading Sufficiency Act; extending probationary promotion for certain number of years. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 84"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 84 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergstrom", "Henke"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04a40ceb-d4b0-4227-b36e-a8cf85056eaf"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB84&session=1800"
source_hash: "a68661084d427b140b474dffb8b56a459d266dc0ec585284fec5ad7b1589ba0f"
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 84 (2017-2018) — Reading Sufficiency Act; extending probationary promotion for certain number of years. Effective date. Emergency.

## 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/SB84 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB84 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB84 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB84 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB84 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB84 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/SB84 HCS.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- SUSPEND HOUSE — **81–3** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **39–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bergstrom — primary (person)
- Henke — 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 Bergstrom
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Coauthored by Representative Henke (principal House author)
- **2017-02-20** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-22** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2017-03-22** Emergency added
- **2017-03-22** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 1 `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 Common Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Common Education Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-25** General Order
- **2017-04-25** Coauthored by Representative(s) Nollan
- **2017-04-25** Coauthored by Senator(s) Stanislawski
- **2017-04-25** House Rule suspended
- **2017-04-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-25** Emergency removed
- **2017-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-26** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-04-26** HAs read
- **2017-04-27** Request to be returned by Senate
- **2017-04-27** House requested to return
- **2017-04-27** Measure sent to House
- **2017-04-27** Returned from Senate
- **2017-04-27** Recalled from engrossment
- **2017-04-27** Rescind Third Reading
- **2017-04-27** House Rule suspended
- **2017-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-27** Emergency added
- **2017-04-27** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 78 Nays: 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-27** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-05-01** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-05-01** HAs read
- **2017-05-03** HAs adopted
- **2017-05-03** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-03** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-03** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-05-03** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-05-03** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-08** Approved by Governor 05/05/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04a40ceb-d4b0-4227-b36e-a8cf85056eaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).