---
type: "Bill"
title: "Libraries; city-county library commissions; modifying meeting dates. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Libraries; city-county library commissions; modifying meeting dates. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 5"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 5 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthews", "Nichols"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2024-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44e0cb8d-b5cd-4c9b-978f-2613c278e7b9"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB5&session=2400"
source_hash: "e5f6d6432a1868514fb96b02a2de952fee386c03580d06b577c94e66ff92249c"
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 5 (2024) — Libraries; city-county library commissions; modifying meeting dates. 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/SB5 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by NICHOLS (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB5 FA1 NICHOLSMO-MJ(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB5 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB5 CA1.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB5 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB5 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB5 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB5 SFLR.PDF)
9. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB5 HCS.PDF)
10. **SB5 FULLPCS1 MONROE NICHOLS-MJ.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB5 FULLPCS1 MONROE NICHOLS-MJ.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–43** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **39–2** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **69–21** (pass) · lower
- Reconsider Measure — **65–14** (pass) · lower
- County And Municipal Government Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee On General Government: Amendment 1, Motion By Senator Garvin - Adopted — **6–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Matthews — primary (person)
- Nichols — 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 Matthews
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported Do Pass as amended General Government committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09** Coauthored by Representative Nichols (principal House author)
- **2023-02-13** Coauthored by Senator Boren
- **2023-02-21** General Order, Considered
- **2023-02-21** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 1 `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 County and Municipal Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute County and Municipal Government Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-23** General Order
- **2024-04-23** Third Reading, Measure failed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 43 `reading-3`
- **2024-04-23** Notice served to reconsider vote by Representative Nichols
- **2024-04-23** House Rule suspended
- **2024-04-23** Motion to reconsider adopted: Ayes: 65 Nays: 14
- **2024-04-23** Coauthored by Representative(s) Lowe (Dick)
- **2024-04-23** Third Reading, advancement rescinded, returned to General Order `reading-3`
- **2024-04-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-23** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 69 Nays: 21 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-23** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-04-24** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-24** HAs read
- **2024-05-21** HAs adopted
- **2024-05-21** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2024-05-21** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-05-22** Enrolled, to House
- **2024-05-22** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-05-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-23** Approved by Governor 05/23/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44e0cb8d-b5cd-4c9b-978f-2613c278e7b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).