---
type: "Bill"
title: "Historical societies and associations; authorizing OHS Board of Directors to enter into certain contracts and create endowment. Effective date."
description: "Historical societies and associations; authorizing OHS Board of Directors to enter into certain contracts and create endowment. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 237"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 237 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fields", "Pfeiffer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/516afb58-56cb-43c1-92c1-9238794e96fe"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB237&session=1800"
source_hash: "799bd999205313f8adaa6670d41d801518de81b7bfe3388d2cbe9d3e282ef18a"
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 237 (2017-2018) — Historical societies and associations; authorizing OHS Board of Directors to enter into certain contracts and create endowment. 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/SB237 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB237 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB237 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB237 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB237 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **87–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fields — primary (person)
- Pfeiffer — 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 Fields
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Appropriations `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Referred to Appr/Sub-Natural Resources and Regularoty Services `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** coauthored by Pfeiffer (principal House author)
- **2017-02-15** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appr/Sub-Natural Resources and Regularoty Services sub-committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-15** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-15** Title stricken
- **2017-02-20** Coauthored by Senator Pittman
- **2017-03-07** General Order, Amended
- **2017-03-07** Title restored
- **2017-03-07** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-07** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-08** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-08** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-11** CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-18** General Order
- **2017-04-18** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 3 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-18** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-04-18** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-04-19** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-04-19** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-04-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-25** Approved by Governor 04/25/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/516afb58-56cb-43c1-92c1-9238794e96fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).