---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections; prohibiting scheduling of regular or special election by certain entities for specified time period. Emergency."
description: "Elections; prohibiting scheduling of regular or special election by certain entities for specified time period. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 347"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 347 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martinez", "Paxton"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c3036cd-1dfa-4b83-8cd2-9b8d003ed1a9"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB347&session=2100"
source_hash: "847a8d1d320f787e0502beaee68f5115d1f08c831c371bfc481de40fce9ea58c"
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 347 (2021) — Elections; prohibiting scheduling of regular or special election by certain entities for specified time period. 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/2021-22 INT/SB/SB347 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by MARTINEZ** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB347 FA1 MARTINEZRY-LRB.PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB347 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB347 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB347 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB347 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB347 SFLR.PDF)
8. **SB347 (3-01-21) (PAXTON) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB347 (3-01-21) (PAXTON) FA1.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Martinez — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Authored by Senator Paxton
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Reported Do Pass Rules committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01** Coauthored by Representative Martinez (principal House author)
- **2021-03-04** General Order, Amended
- **2021-03-04** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-08** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-03-08** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading referred to Elections and Ethics `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** CR; Do Pass Elections and Ethics Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-31** Coauthored by Senator(s) Jett
- **2021-04-21** General Order
- **2021-04-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-21** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 81 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-04-22** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-04-22** HAs read
- **2021-04-29** HAs adopted
- **2021-04-29** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-05-03** Enrolled, to House
- **2021-05-03** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-05-03** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-05** Approved by Governor 05/05/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c3036cd-1dfa-4b83-8cd2-9b8d003ed1a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).