---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil actions; creating the Oklahoma Expedited Actions Act; providing for application of expedited actions process. Effective date."
description: "Civil actions; creating the Oklahoma Expedited Actions Act; providing for application of expedited actions process. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 453"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 453 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris", "Howard"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 39
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04245ce0-2105-4758-914d-d341bf7bb531"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB453&session=2500"
source_hash: "abc3f0171d06b6c16679f180ac2a4e2d92c752643a54ec196ecd6cec11990cfc"
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 453 (2025) — Civil actions; creating the Oklahoma Expedited Actions Act; providing for application of expedited actions process. Effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 INT/SB/SB453 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by HARRIS** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB453 FA1 HARRISER-AQH.PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/SB453 HASB AND ENGR.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB453 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB453 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB453 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB453 SFLR.PDF)
8. **Senate Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCCS/SB453 CCS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Harris — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Authored by Senator Howard
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13** Placed on General Order
- **2025-03-04** Coauthored by Representative Harris (principal House author)
- **2025-03-11** General Order, Considered
- **2025-03-11** Measure passed: Ayes: 30 Nays: 15 `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-12** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Referred to Civil Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Withdrawn from Civil Judiciary Committee
- **2025-04-23** Withdrawn from Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
- **2025-04-23** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** CR; Do Pass, as amended, Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-24** Title stricken
- **2025-05-08** General Order
- **2025-05-08** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 78 Nays: 10 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-05-12** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-12** HAs read
- **2025-05-20** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-20** Conference granted, naming Conference Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
- **2025-05-20** SCs named Howard, Paxton, Daniels, Rader, Rosino, Pugh, Kirt
- **2025-05-21** CCR read
- **2025-05-21** Title restored
- **2025-05-22** CCR adopted
- **2025-05-22** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 37 Nays: 8 `passage`
- **2025-05-22** CCR submitted
- **2025-05-22** CCR adopted
- **2025-05-22** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 61 Nays: 19 `passage`
- **2025-05-22** To Senate
- **2025-05-22** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-22** Enrolled, to House
- **2025-05-22** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2025-05-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Approved by Governor 05/27/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04245ce0-2105-4758-914d-d341bf7bb531`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).