---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children; prohibiting requirement for private agencies to participate in certain placements; prohibiting certain actions based on religious or moral convictions. Effective date."
description: "Children; prohibiting requirement for private agencies to participate in certain placements; prohibiting certain actions based on religious or moral convictions. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 1140"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1140 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunlap", "Treat"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 48
vote_count: 18
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59161b3a-5564-4a49-8485-39549ea71e23"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1140&session=1800"
source_hash: "733ac17832e78a8e1d7b4f3dcdea644d0e7931ddbbf669d786d56c373034ccd7"
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 1140 (2017-2018) — Children; prohibiting requirement for private agencies to participate in certain placements; prohibiting certain actions based on religious or moral convictions. 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/SB1140 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB1140 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB1140 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB1140 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB1140 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB1140 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB1140 HCS.PDF)

## Votes

- TABLE AMENDMENT — **38–23** (pass) · lower
- TABLE PREVIOUS — **22–54** (fail) · lower
- PREVIOUS QUESTION — **60–21** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **35–9** (pass) · upper
- OBJECT TO — **20–53** (fail) · lower
- ADOPT CONFERENCE — **57–24** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **60–26** (pass) · lower
- FOURTH READING — **56–21** (pass) · lower
- PREVIOUS QUESTION — **69–8** (pass) · lower
- PREVIOUS QUESTION — **54–22** (pass) · lower
- TABLE RECONSIDERAT — **63–1** (pass) · lower
- TABLE — **54–21** (pass) · lower
- TABLE — **55–22** (pass) · lower
- FOURTH READING — **33–7** (pass) · upper
- TABLE — **54–22** (pass) · lower
- TABLE — **56–20** (pass) · lower
- SUSPEND HOUSE — **44–41** (fail) · lower
- TABLE PREVIOUS — **21–55** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dunlap — primary (person)
- Treat — 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 Treat
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** Reported Do Pass as amended Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-19** Title stricken
- **2018-02-28** Coauthored by Representative Dunlap (principal House author)
- **2018-03-13** General Order, Amended
- **2018-03-13** Title restored
- **2018-03-13** Measure passed: Ayes: 35 Nays: 9 `passage`
- **2018-03-13** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-03-14** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2018-03-14** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-21** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary Committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-26** General Order
- **2018-04-26** Coauthored by Representative(s) Bennett (John), Strohm
- **2018-04-26** Motion to table amendment adopted
- **2018-04-26** Ayes: 38 Nays: 23
- **2018-04-26** Motion to suspend rule failed
- **2018-04-26** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 60 Nays: 26 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-26** Notice served to reconsider vote by Representative Dunlap
- **2018-04-26** Motion to reconsider tabled
- **2018-04-26** Ayes: 63 Nays: 1
- **2018-04-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-04-27** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2018-04-27** HAs read
- **2018-04-30** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2018-04-30** Conference granted, HC's named Lepak, Cleveland, Kannady, Babinec, Downing, Worthen, Lawson, Perryman, Meredith, Gaddis
- **2018-05-01** SCs named Treat, Yen, Brecheen, Daniels, Dahm, Pittman, Dossett
- **2018-05-01** coauthored by Gann
- **2018-05-01** CCR read
- **2018-05-03** CCR adopted
- **2018-05-03** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 33 Nays: 7 `passage`
- **2018-05-03** CCR submitted
- **2018-05-03** CCR considered
- **2018-05-03** Coauthored by Representative(s) Roberts (Sean), Cleveland
- **2018-05-03** CCR adopted
- **2018-05-03** Ayes: 57 Nays: 24
- **2018-05-03** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 56 Nays: 21 `passage`
- **2018-05-03** Notice served to reconsider vote by Representative Dunlap
- **2018-05-03** Motion expired
- **2018-05-03** Coauthored by Representative(s) Derby
- **2018-05-03** To Senate
- **2018-05-03** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-05-03** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2018-05-03** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-05-03** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-11** Approved by Governor 05/11/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59161b3a-5564-4a49-8485-39549ea71e23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).