---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation; modifying certain liability; establishing procedures for Affidavit of Exempt Status."
description: "Workers' compensation; modifying certain liability; establishing procedures for Affidavit of Exempt Status."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 1249"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1249 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leewright", "Mulready"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d03265c5-34fd-4229-98e3-f9fa71b61ffb"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1249&session=1800"
source_hash: "75e4ba353af5158ca3d221b93f961b23b847f78f4e7fdfe339371a70e0cf1277"
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 1249 (2017-2018) — Workers' compensation; modifying certain liability; establishing procedures for Affidavit of Exempt Status.

## 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/SB1249 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB1249 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB1249 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB1249 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB1249 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB1249 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/SB1249 HCS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **64–10** (pass) · lower
- FOURTH READING — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leewright — primary (person)
- Mulready — 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 Dahm
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Coauthored by Representative Mulready (principal House author)
- **2018-02-20** Reported Do Pass as amended Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-20** Title stricken
- **2018-03-15** Remove as author Senator Dahm; authored by Senator Leewright
- **2018-03-15** General Order, Considered
- **2018-03-15** Measure passed: Ayes: 36 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-15** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-03-19** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-21** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary Committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-28** Title restored
- **2018-03-28** Emergency added
- **2018-04-25** General Order
- **2018-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed and Emergency failed: Ayes: 64 Nays: 10; Ayes: 64 Nays: 10 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-04-26** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2018-04-26** HAs read
- **2018-04-30** HAs adopted
- **2018-04-30** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-30** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-04-30** Enrolled, to House
- **2018-05-01** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-05-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-07** Approved by Governor 05/07/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d03265c5-34fd-4229-98e3-f9fa71b61ffb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).