---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oklahoma Highway Patrol; qualifications for certain positions. Effective date."
description: "Oklahoma Highway Patrol; qualifications for certain positions. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 27"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 27 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murdock", "Simpson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8e72805-80d1-4b7f-b7e3-2a0f54b808af"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB27&session=1800"
source_hash: "d881330c6a10581b1b62ed5c9c1785046716aa377d729b3ba7563320fb73d318"
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 27 (2017-2018) — Oklahoma Highway Patrol; qualifications for certain positions. 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/SB27 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB27 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB27 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB27 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB27 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB27 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB27 HCS.PDF)
8. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB27 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **78–8** (pass) · lower
- FOURTH READING — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **39–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Murdock — primary (person)
- Simpson — 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 Brecheen
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-28** Coauthored by Representative Murdock (principal House author)
- **2017-03-09** General Order, Amended, considered and deferred
- **2017-03-09** Title stricken
- **2017-03-09** General Order, Considered
- **2017-03-09** Measure passed: Ayes: 39 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 Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-03** Title restored
- **2017-04-26** General Order
- **2017-04-26** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 78 Nays: 8 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-27** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-04-27** HAs read
- **2017-05-04** Remove as author Senator Brecheen; authored by Senator Simpson
- **2017-05-04** Coauthored by Senator Brecheen
- **2017-05-09** HAs adopted
- **2017-05-09** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-10** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-05-10** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-05-10** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-16** Approved by Governor 05/16/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8e72805-80d1-4b7f-b7e3-2a0f54b808af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).