---
type: "Bill"
title: "Open Records Act; records; specifying requirement for permissible delay for certain requests. Effective date."
description: "Open Records Act; records; specifying requirement for permissible delay for certain requests. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 191"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 191 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brumbaugh", "Thompson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e0dd372-9c6e-4929-8918-6a2330febdb6"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB191&session=1800"
source_hash: "459e5504dda21b981579d4d3e9b8d5563a5b698dcc96c284c404dc7650cd4d32"
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 191 (2017-2018) — Open Records Act; records; specifying requirement for permissible delay for certain requests. 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/SB191 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB191 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB191 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB191 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB191 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **44–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brumbaugh — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Authored by Senator Thompson
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Reported Do Pass General Government committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-06** Coauthored by Representative Brumbaugh (principal House author)
- **2017-03-09** General Order, Considered
- **2017-03-09** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2017-03-09** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-13** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-13** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Government Modernization `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** CR; Do Pass Government Modernization Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-26** General Order
- **2017-04-26** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-26** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-04-26** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-04-27** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-04-27** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-04-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-03** Approved by Governor 05/03/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e0dd372-9c6e-4929-8918-6a2330febdb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).