---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elevator Safety Act; license and elevator inspections; new nonresidential elevator inspections; providing for third party inspections of private residential elevators. Effective date."
description: "Elevator Safety Act; license and elevator inspections; new nonresidential elevator inspections; providing for third party inspections of private residential elevators. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 1529"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1529 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newton", "Rader"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd8a6750-da2c-4103-bd06-884cfbf2b1ba"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1529&session=1800"
source_hash: "2d07cbceb81bebc237cf2ab4f7998de365c21f7804f86a7444dcbe6ac5c02df0"
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 1529 (2017-2018) — Elevator Safety Act; license and elevator inspections; new nonresidential elevator inspections; providing for third party inspections of private residential elevators. 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/SB1529 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB1529 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB1529 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB1529 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB1529 SFLR.PDF)
6. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB1529 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **40–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Newton — primary (person)
- Rader — 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 Rader
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading referred to Business, Commerce and Tourism `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business, Commerce and Tourism committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28** Coauthored by Representative Newton (principal House author)
- **2018-03-06** General Order, Considered
- **2018-03-06** Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-03-07** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2018-03-07** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-19** Second Reading referred to Banking and Business `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** CR; Do Pass Banking and Business Committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-10** General Order
- **2018-04-10** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-10** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-04-10** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-04-11** Enrolled, to House
- **2018-04-11** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-04-11** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-17** Approved by Governor 04/17/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd8a6750-da2c-4103-bd06-884cfbf2b1ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).