---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans; authorizing Department of Veterans Affairs to obtain certain certification. Effective date."
description: "Veterans; authorizing Department of Veterans Affairs to obtain certain certification. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 1053"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1053 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hardin", "Simpson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53c65acb-b5c5-4c67-a07f-f02920df29a1"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1053&session=1800"
source_hash: "5f29225a0303980dd827072f4011c642154c5aa6c8634b910f8570593c00c7c8"
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 1053 (2017-2018) — Veterans; authorizing Department of Veterans Affairs to obtain certain certification. 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/SB1053 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB1053 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB1053 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB1053 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB1053 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **81–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hardin — primary (person)
- Simpson — 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 Simpson
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Coauthored by Representative Hardin (principal House author)
- **2018-02-15** Reported Do Pass Veterans and Military Affairs committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-15** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28** Title stricken
- **2018-03-12** General Order, Amended
- **2018-03-12** Title restored
- **2018-03-12** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-03-13** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2018-03-13** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-21** Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** CR; Do Pass Veterans and Military Affairs Committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-17** General Order
- **2018-04-17** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 81 Nays: 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-17** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-04-17** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-04-18** Enrolled, to House
- **2018-04-18** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-04-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-24** Approved by Governor 04/24/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53c65acb-b5c5-4c67-a07f-f02920df29a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).