---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts; establishing certain judicial offices; creating Task Force for the Study of Business Courts. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Courts; establishing certain judicial offices; creating Task Force for the Study of Business Courts. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 473"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 473 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ODonnell", "Treat"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2024-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bcf2f9a-ef2f-4551-a967-7b4b481a08f5"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB473&session=2400"
source_hash: "d7c6ba9f5720d43c01edcc3e5c3a181e2a2d7962e3bbc2669a938cff3079639f"
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 473 (2024) — Courts; establishing certain judicial offices; creating Task Force for the Study of Business Courts. 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/SB473 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Amendment to Amendment by BLANCETT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB473 FA1-A1 BLANCETTME-MAH.PDF)
3. **1 Floor Amendment by HILBERT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB473 FA1 HILBERTKY-MAH.PDF)
4. **2 Amendment to Amendment by BLANCETT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB473 FA1-A2 BLANCETTME-MAH.PDF)
5. **3 Amendment to Amendment by HILBERT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB473 FA1-A3 HILBERTKY-MAH.PDF)
6. **4 Amendment to Amendment by OSBURN** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB473 FA1-A4 OSBURNMI-CC.PDF)
7. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB473 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
8. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB473 ENGR.PDF)
9. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB473 ENR.PDF)
10. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB473 HFLR.PDF)
11. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB473 SFLR.PDF)
12. **SB473 (3-14-23) (PAXTON) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB473 (3-14-23) (PAXTON) FS FA1.PDF)
13. **SB473 (3-14-23) (PAXTON) RT FA2.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB473 (3-14-23) (PAXTON) RT FA2.PDF)
14. **Senate Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCCS/SB473 CCS.PDF)

## Votes

- Fourth Reading — **79–8** (pass) · lower
- Committee On Education: Strike The Title, Motion By Senator Pugh - Adopted — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Appropriations — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Fourth Reading — **37–6** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **56–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- ODonnell — primary (person)
- Treat — 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 Paxton
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28** Title stricken
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Reported Do Pass Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07** Coauthored by Representative Hilbert (principal House author)
- **2023-03-20** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2023-03-20** Title restored
- **2023-03-20** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-21** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-03-21** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23** Withdrawn from General Government, Direct to Calendar
- **2024-04-25** General Order
- **2024-04-25** Coauthored by Representative(s) Sneed, Manger, West (Kevin), Cantrell
- **2024-04-25** Amended by floor substitute
- **2024-04-25** Title stricken
- **2024-04-25** Enacting clause stricken
- **2024-04-25** Emergency removed
- **2024-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 56 Nays: 26 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-04-29** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-29** HAs read
- **2024-05-24** Remove as author Senator Paxton; authored by Senator Treat
- **2024-05-24** Coauthored by Senator Paxton
- **2024-05-27** remove as principal author Representative Hilbert and substitute with Representative Echols
- **2024-05-27** Coauthored by Representative Hilbert
- **2024-05-27** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2024-05-27** SCs named Treat, McCortney, Gollihare, Howard, Floyd
- **2024-05-27** Conference granted, naming Special Conference Committee on SB 473
- **2024-05-28** CCR read
- **2024-05-28** Title restored
- **2024-05-28** Enacting clause restored
- **2024-05-28** Emergency added
- **2024-05-29** CCR adopted
- **2024-05-29** Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 37 Nays: 6 `passage`
- **2024-05-29** CCR submitted
- **2024-05-29** CCR adopted
- **2024-05-29** Remove Representative Echols as principal House author and substitute with Representative ODonnell
- **2024-05-29** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 79 Nays: 8 `passage`
- **2024-05-29** To Senate
- **2024-05-29** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled, to House
- **2024-05-30** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-05-30** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-31** Approved by Governor 05/31/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bcf2f9a-ef2f-4551-a967-7b4b481a08f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).