---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles; amending the definition of bus. Effective date."
description: "Motor vehicles; amending the definition of bus. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 26"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 26 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Vaughan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fe350dc-31e3-4b50-8749-2dc23c5a9ead"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB26&session=1800"
source_hash: "c1ec6a89916f0879102344df36d03821cf0f6bfa7aae92131b8d1fe28062411a"
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 26 (2017-2018) — Motor vehicles; amending the definition of bus. 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/SB26 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB26 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB26 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB26 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB26 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **36–8** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **15–24** (fail) · upper
- Reconsider — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **76–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Vaughan — 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 Allen
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Transportation `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Reported Do Pass Transportation committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-20** Coauthored by Representative Vaughan (principal House author)
- **2017-03-08** General Order, Amended
- **2017-03-08** Measure failed: Ayes: 15 Nays: 24
- **2017-03-08** Notice served to reconsider vote on measure Allen
- **2017-03-14** Motion to reconsider vote adopted: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0
- **2017-03-14** Measure passed: Ayes: 36 Nays: 8 `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-15** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Transportation `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10** CR; Do Pass Transportation Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-19** General Order
- **2017-04-19** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 76 Nays: 3 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-19** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-04-19** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-04-20** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-04-20** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-04-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-26** Approved by Governor 04/26/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fe350dc-31e3-4b50-8749-2dc23c5a9ead`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).