---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bail; authorizing denial of bail under certain circumstance. Effective date."
description: "Bail; authorizing denial of bail under certain circumstance. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 981"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 981 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ford", "Gollihare"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d299a0c-047a-48c7-9c9a-c5e9b0e17a58"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB981&session=2600"
source_hash: "f287b54c25fe804aa885a5b7256e974aa3bd486e68cb91c2a8850b8d51476c03"
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 981 (2026) — Bail; authorizing denial of bail under certain circumstance. 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/SB981 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB981 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB981 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB981 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB981 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Criminal Judiciary Committee: Do Pass — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **82–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ford — primary (person)
- Gollihare — 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 Gollihare
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27** Placed on General Order
- **2025-03-10** Coauthored by Representative Ford (principal House author)
- **2025-03-12** General Order, Considered
- **2025-03-12** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-13** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-03-13** 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`
- **2025-04-08** Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Criminal Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-17** CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-01** General Order
- **2025-05-01** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 82 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-01** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2025-05-01** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-05** Enrolled, to House
- **2025-05-05** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2025-05-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/12/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d299a0c-047a-48c7-9c9a-c5e9b0e17a58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).