---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance; modifying investment of certain prepaid funeral service funds. Effective date."
description: "Insurance; modifying investment of certain prepaid funeral service funds. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 1296"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1296 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McEntire", "Sparks"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8d750dd-49a4-4b18-b320-50a934d4cb37"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1296&session=1800"
source_hash: "0b289930811a59f70e76501423bac49afb605a7948c6742559c795e401d958fc"
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 1296 (2017-2018) — Insurance; modifying investment of certain prepaid funeral service funds. 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/SB1296 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB1296 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB1296 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB1296 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB1296 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB1296 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/SB1296 HCS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **81–11** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **31–3** (pass) · upper
- FOURTH READING — **34–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McEntire — primary (person)
- Sparks — 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 Sparks
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading referred to Retirement and Insurance `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Reported Do Pass as amended Retirement and Insurance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-12** Title stricken
- **2018-03-12** Coauthored by Representative McEntire (principal House author)
- **2018-03-15** General Order, Considered
- **2018-03-15** Measure passed: Ayes: 31 Nays: 3 `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 Insurance `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-04** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Insurance Committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-04** Title restored
- **2018-04-12** General Order
- **2018-04-12** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 81 Nays: 11 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-12** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-04-16** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2018-04-16** HAs read
- **2018-04-25** HAs adopted
- **2018-04-25** Measure passed: Ayes: 34 Nays: 4 `passage`
- **2018-04-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-04-26** Enrolled, to House
- **2018-04-26** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-02** Approved by Governor 05/02/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8d750dd-49a4-4b18-b320-50a934d4cb37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).