---
type: "Bill"
title: "County sheriffs; removing population threshold to expand certain required qualification; effective date."
description: "County sheriffs; removing population threshold to expand certain required qualification; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1259"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1259 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sanders", "Scott"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0954fff2-5c28-4c80-8e7e-bbd20c1ddb58"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1259&session=1800"
source_hash: "d5fc27bd77f18eabddd1a7067ed2fc8407c34c86cb80413ae6f559062f140872"
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 HB 1259 (2017-2018) — County sheriffs; removing population threshold to expand certain required qualification; 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/2017-18 INT/hB/HB1259 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1259 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB1259 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB1259 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB1259 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB1259 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1259 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **33–10** (pass) · upper
- FOURTH READING — **64–25** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **77–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sanders — primary (person)
- Scott — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Authored by Representative Sanders
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to County and Municipal Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute County and Municipal Government Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-23** Authored by Senator Smalley (principal Senate author)
- **2017-03-07** General Order
- **2017-03-07** Coauthored by Representative(s) Meredith
- **2017-03-07** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 77 Nays: 16 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-07** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-08** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-03-08** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-20** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Reported Do Pass as amended Rules committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-24** General Order, Considered
- **2017-04-24** Measure passed: Ayes: 33 Nays: 10 `passage`
- **2017-04-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-25** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-04-25** SA's received
- **2017-05-08** SA's read, adopted
- **2017-05-08** Coauthored by Representative(s) Biggs
- **2017-05-08** Remove Senator Smalley as principal Senate author and substitute with Senator Scott
- **2017-05-08** Coauthored by Senator(s) Smalley
- **2017-05-08** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 64 Nays: 25 `passage`
- **2017-05-08** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-09** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2017-05-09** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2017-05-09** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-15** Approved by Governor 05/15/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0954fff2-5c28-4c80-8e7e-bbd20c1ddb58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).