---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vulnerable adults; modifying requirements for joint investigations. Effective date."
description: "Vulnerable adults; modifying requirements for joint investigations. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 993"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 993 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffin", "Wright"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d71d5e4c-97ef-41aa-937e-2a5894f3ece5"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB993&session=1800"
source_hash: "2f96338fd4e30675d52fc46f26b8a75d7f5117d10d3b36d9ad1da9ca2f5cc086"
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 993 (2017-2018) — Vulnerable adults; modifying requirements for joint investigations. 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/SB993 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB993 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB993 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB993 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB993 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB993 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/SB993 HCS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- FOURTH READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Griffin — primary (person)
- Wright — 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 Griffin
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Reported Do Pass as amended Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-12** Title stricken
- **2018-02-26** Coauthored by Representative Wright (principal House author)
- **2018-03-12** General Order, Amended
- **2018-03-12** Title restored
- **2018-03-12** Measure passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-03-13** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2018-03-13** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-21** Second Reading referred to Health Services and Long-Term Care `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health Services and Long-Term Care Committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-26** General Order
- **2018-04-26** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-04-27** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2018-04-27** HAs read
- **2018-05-01** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2018-05-01** SCs named Griffin, Sykes, Dahm, Daniels, Standridge, Brooks, Floyd
- **2018-05-01** Conference granted, naming Conference Committee on Health Services and Long-Term Care
- **2018-05-02** Rescind rejection of HA's
- **2018-05-02** Rescind naming of conferees
- **2018-05-02** Request for conference rescinded; returned to House Amendments
- **2018-05-02** Granting of conference rescinded
- **2018-05-03** HAs adopted
- **2018-05-03** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2018-05-03** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-05-03** Enrolled, to House
- **2018-05-03** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-05-03** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-10** Approved by Governor 05/10/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d71d5e4c-97ef-41aa-937e-2a5894f3ece5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).