---
type: "Bill"
title: "Security of election officials; prohibiting certain actions towards election officials. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Security of election officials; prohibiting certain actions towards election officials. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 481"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 481 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boatman", "Rader"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a364542-e2ca-42b5-a038-d29021817ca8"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB481&session=2300"
source_hash: "a59649ee1b0a2d38fe0130e0073a2de69cbc162573decc422facbd6028c01b1d"
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 481 (2023) — Security of election officials; prohibiting certain actions towards election officials. 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/2023-24 INT/SB/SB481 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB481 PCS.PDF)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB481 CS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB481 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB481 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB481 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB481 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Boatman — primary (person)
- Rader — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Senator Rader
- **2023-02-06** Coauthored by Representative Boatman (principal House author)
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21** General Order, Considered
- **2023-02-21** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-02-22** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-02-22** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Criminal `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** CR; Do Pass Judiciary - Criminal Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05** Coauthored by Representative(s) Cantrell
- **2023-04-24** General Order
- **2023-04-24** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-24** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-24** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-25** Enrolled, to House
- **2023-04-25** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** Approved by Governor 05/01/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a364542-e2ca-42b5-a038-d29021817ca8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).