---
type: "Bill"
title: "Quality jobs; modifying authority of Incentive Approval Committee to approve applicants; repealing Saving Quality Jobs Act. Effective date."
description: "Quality jobs; modifying authority of Incentive Approval Committee to approve applicants; repealing Saving Quality Jobs Act. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 897"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 897 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Osborn (Leslie)", "Thompson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f69eb13c-2a1d-4f16-9511-fd5fee6ebf68"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB897&session=1800"
source_hash: "e2aaee0d5c0870349561d09c0852d62b5ea8d40254b537d108941662f7ca079c"
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 897 (2017-2018) — Quality jobs; modifying authority of Incentive Approval Committee to approve applicants; repealing Saving Quality Jobs Act. 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/SB897 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB897 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB897 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB897 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB897 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **86–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Osborn (Leslie) — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Authored by Senator Thompson
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading referred to Appropriations `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Appr/Sub-Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Coauthored by Representative Osborn (Leslie) (principal House author)
- **2018-02-14** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appr/Sub-Finance sub-committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-14** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-14** Title stricken
- **2018-03-06** General Order, Amended
- **2018-03-06** Title restored
- **2018-03-06** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 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 Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-26** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-03** CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-03** Coauthored by Senator(s) Pittman
- **2018-04-24** General Order
- **2018-04-24** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 6 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-24** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-04-24** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-04-25** Enrolled, to House
- **2018-04-25** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-01** Approved by Governor 05/01/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f69eb13c-2a1d-4f16-9511-fd5fee6ebf68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).