---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes and Punishment; Bus Passenger Safety Act; expanding scope of unlawful acts. Emergency."
description: "Crimes and Punishment; Bus Passenger Safety Act; expanding scope of unlawful acts. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 562"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 562 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvord", "Miller"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea2d270c-d5ee-47e6-bc67-0c12356e7715"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB562&session=2600"
source_hash: "3794bee0bc117d898e72ef9c2f4fa066df7caadeee4ab7aa3ac0a660a65ae6a8"
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 562 (2026) — Crimes and Punishment; Bus Passenger Safety Act; expanding scope of unlawful acts. Emergency.

## 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/SB562 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/SB562 HASB AND ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB562 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB562 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB562 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB562 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB562 HCS.PDF)
8. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB562 POLREC.PDF)

## Votes

- Public Safety — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Criminal Judiciary Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **35–6** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alvord — primary (person)
- Miller — 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 Alvord
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Coauthored by Representative Miller (principal House author)
- **2025-02-11** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-11** Coauthored by Representative Ford
- **2025-02-13** Placed on General Order
- **2025-03-27** General Order, Considered
- **2025-03-27** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 7 `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-31** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-03-31** 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 Criminal Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Criminal Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-17** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-06** General Order
- **2025-05-06** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-05-07** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-07** HAs read
- **2025-05-15** HAs adopted
- **2025-05-15** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 35 Nays: 6 `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-19** Enrolled, to House
- **2025-05-19** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2025-05-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-27** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/26/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea2d270c-d5ee-47e6-bc67-0c12356e7715`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).