---
type: "Bill"
title: "Indigent defense; prohibiting court from considering certain factor for eligibility determination of indigent defender. Effective date."
description: "Indigent defense; prohibiting court from considering certain factor for eligibility determination of indigent defender. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 1021"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1021 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Osborn (Leslie)", "Paxton"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f23c6401-79f0-452a-ad3e-aee67d7cdfd2"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1021&session=1800"
source_hash: "6cd8a1cd046aaec5a785daca560583559be5b1a870306f512b4973e65acdfbd8"
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 1021 (2017-2018) — Indigent defense; prohibiting court from considering certain factor for eligibility determination of indigent defender. 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/SB/SB1021 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB1021 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB1021 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB1021 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB1021 SFLR.PDF)
6. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB1021 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **90–3** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Osborn (Leslie) — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Authored by Senator Bice
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading referred to Judiciary Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-27** Title stricken
- **2018-02-27** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** Title stricken
- **2018-03-05** Coauthored by Representative Osborn (Leslie) (principal House author)
- **2018-03-06** coauthored by Blancett
- **2018-03-14** General Order, Amended
- **2018-03-14** Title restored
- **2018-03-14** Measure passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-14** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-03-15** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2018-03-15** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-27** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** CR; Do Pass Judiciary Committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-26** General Order
- **2018-04-26** Remove Senator Bice as principal Senate author and substitute with Senator Paxton
- **2018-04-26** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 3 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-26** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-04-26** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-04-27** Enrolled, to House
- **2018-04-27** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-04-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Approved by Governor 05/03/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f23c6401-79f0-452a-ad3e-aee67d7cdfd2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).