---
type: "Bill"
title: "Small Employer Quality Jobs Incentive Act; modifying requirements for incentive payments. Effective date."
description: "Small Employer Quality Jobs Incentive Act; modifying requirements for incentive payments. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 923"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 923 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Osborn (Leslie)", "Thompson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed069e94-d7eb-4bb6-9e8a-0141391c650d"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB923&session=1800"
source_hash: "bc2f485a4068a905ce26fc5385c67f91fa60b81c3d166d8a5659ea31a1554434"
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 923 (2017-2018) — Small Employer Quality Jobs Incentive Act; modifying requirements for incentive payments. 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/SB923 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB923 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB923 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB923 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB923 SFLR.PDF)
6. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB923 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- TABLE — **57–25** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **75–17** (pass) · lower
- SUSPEND HOUSE — **26–58** (fail) · 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)
- **2018-02-20** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appr/Sub-Finance sub-committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28** Title stricken
- **2018-03-06** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2018-03-06** Title restored
- **2018-03-06** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 2 `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`
- **2018-04-24** General Order
- **2018-04-24** Motion to suspend rule failed
- **2018-04-24** Laid over
- **2018-04-26** Considered
- **2018-04-26** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 75 Nays: 17 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-26** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-04-26** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-04-27** Enrolled, to House
- **2018-04-27** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-04-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Approved by Governor 05/03/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed069e94-d7eb-4bb6-9e8a-0141391c650d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).