---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workforce development; creating the Work-based Learning Program; establishing certain goals for apprentices. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Workforce development; creating the Work-based Learning Program; establishing certain goals for apprentices. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 1171"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1171 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jech", "Wright"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e54b7eec-4e17-434f-a967-4d9ed6431396"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1171&session=1800"
source_hash: "c8ff558dcaf1a66892d0cf25f0da97d3b79baf0a24f07ef58503c534d1fb0fd7"
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 1171 (2017-2018) — Workforce development; creating the Work-based Learning Program; establishing certain goals for apprentices. Effective date. Emergency.

## 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/SB1171 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB1171 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB1171 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB1171 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB1171 SFLR.PDF)
6. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB1171 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **39–5** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **84–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jech — primary (person)
- Wright — 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 Jech
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading referred to Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business, Commerce and Tourism committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-27** Emergency added
- **2018-02-27** Title stricken
- **2018-02-27** Emergency clause stricken
- **2018-02-27** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Coauthored by Representative Wright (principal House author)
- **2018-03-01** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** Title stricken
- **2018-03-13** General Order, Amended
- **2018-03-13** Title restored
- **2018-03-13** Emergency clause restored
- **2018-03-13** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 5 `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 Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-03** Coauthored by Senator(s) Pittman
- **2018-04-19** General Order
- **2018-04-19** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 6 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-19** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-04-19** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-04-23** Enrolled, to House
- **2018-04-23** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-04-23** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-26** Approved by Governor 04/26/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e54b7eec-4e17-434f-a967-4d9ed6431396`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).