---
type: "Bill"
title: "School building funds; expanding definition of and authorized uses for building funds; deleting requirement. Conditional effective date."
description: "School building funds; expanding definition of and authorized uses for building funds; deleting requirement. Conditional effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 1398"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1398 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bice", "Hall"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e37cffc-0389-46f1-9d6b-e03b2311607a"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1398&session=1800"
source_hash: "a11ddb50c2f3aedc2dc605d6275f8442a23a6a969477aacb1b006074c09510eb"
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 1398 (2017-2018) — School building funds; expanding definition of and authorized uses for building funds; deleting requirement. Conditional 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/SB1398 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB1398 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB1398 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB1398 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB1398 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **54–39** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **34–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bice — primary (person)
- Hall — 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 Bice
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Reported Do Pass Rules committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07** Coauthored by Representative Hall (principal House author)
- **2018-03-08** General Order, Considered
- **2018-03-08** Measure passed: Ayes: 34 Nays: 8 `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-03-12** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2018-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-27** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-05** Withdrawn from Appropriations and Budget, Direct to Calendar
- **2018-04-24** General Order
- **2018-04-24** Coauthored by Representative(s) Faught
- **2018-04-24** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 54 Nays: 39 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-24** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-04-24** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-04-25** Enrolled, to House
- **2018-04-25** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-01** Approved by Governor 05/01/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e37cffc-0389-46f1-9d6b-e03b2311607a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).