---
type: "Bill"
title: "County clerks; permitting certified copies to be made in accordance with certain act; allowing fee for certified records. Effective date."
description: "County clerks; permitting certified copies to be made in accordance with certain act; allowing fee for certified records. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 78"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 78 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ford", "Newhouse"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2db428f-ad2c-4ee9-9e78-ffd506f152a6"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB78&session=2300"
source_hash: "4e80a89033fd1ed1abc146f2561767191555c0bec3421531a63e24ebbc9907f1"
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 78 (2023) — County clerks; permitting certified copies to be made in accordance with certain act; allowing fee for certified records. 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/2023-24 INT/SB/SB78 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB78 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB78 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB78 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB78 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Ford — primary (person)
- Newhouse — 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 Newhouse
- **2023-02-06** Coauthored by Representative Ford (principal House author)
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported Do Pass General Government committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23** General Order, Considered
- **2023-02-23** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-02-27** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-02-27** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Civil `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** CR; Do Pass Judiciary - Civil Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-19** General Order
- **2023-04-19** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-19** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-20** Enrolled, to House
- **2023-04-20** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-26** Approved by Governor 04/26/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2db428f-ad2c-4ee9-9e78-ffd506f152a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).