---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tourism; creating the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department Reimbursement and Donation Fund. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Tourism; creating the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department Reimbursement and Donation Fund. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 1579"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1579 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fields", "Pfeiffer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e25626c-15ad-4505-b9b7-f9380103560a"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1579&session=1800"
source_hash: "ea0710ce2c40836e2127470d32b0a26fbf39e742f2922a75756664001280b3aa"
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 1579 (2017-2018) — Tourism; creating the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department Reimbursement and Donation Fund. 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/SB1579 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB1579 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB1579 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB1579 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB1579 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **38–3** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **75–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fields — primary (person)
- Pfeiffer — 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 Fields
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading referred to Appropriations `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Appr/Sub-Natural Resources and Regularoty Services `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Coauthored by Representative Pfeiffer (principal House author)
- **2018-02-21** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appr/Sub-Natural Resources and Regularoty Services sub-committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28** Title stricken
- **2018-02-28** Emergency clause stricken
- **2018-03-06** General Order, Amended
- **2018-03-06** Title restored
- **2018-03-06** Emergency clause restored
- **2018-03-06** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 38 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 Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-26** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-16** CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-26** General Order
- **2018-04-26** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 75 Nays: 1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-26** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-04-27** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-04-27** Enrolled, to House
- **2018-04-27** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-04-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Approved by Governor 05/03/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e25626c-15ad-4505-b9b7-f9380103560a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).