---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bail Enforcement and Licensing Act; modifying allowable carry. Effective date."
description: "Bail Enforcement and Licensing Act; modifying allowable carry. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 857"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 857 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bullard", "Strom"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2024-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26e1ad87-8ada-420d-83a1-93e6cc3991f3"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB857&session=2400"
source_hash: "3773c883306ef770f89b8e0d8d3d11afd983e7c28620be524e33e0c24724855c"
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 857 (2024) — Bail Enforcement and Licensing Act; modifying allowable carry. 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/SB857 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB857 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB857 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB857 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB857 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Public Safety — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Criminal Justice And Corrections Committee: Do Pass — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–6** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **86–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bullard — primary (person)
- Strom — 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 Bullard
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Coauthored by Representative Strom (principal House author)
- **2023-03-02** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** General Order, Considered
- **2023-03-08** Measure passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 6 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-09** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-03-09** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Criminal Justice and Corrections `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** CR; Do Pass Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-18** General Order
- **2024-04-18** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-18** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-18** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-04-22** Enrolled, to House
- **2024-04-22** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-26** Approved by Governor 04/26/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26e1ad87-8ada-420d-83a1-93e6cc3991f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).