---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program; eligibility; providing exemption for students in certain out-of-home placements. Effective date."
description: "Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program; eligibility; providing exemption for students in certain out-of-home placements. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 301"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 301 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Echols", "Griffin"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cec34db-51c1-4dfd-9a9e-dc3812b4dc6e"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB301&session=1800"
source_hash: "81f0ed413673c1c021146e3665db46b1a82000ac3a160e2a7b56958d51c4677c"
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 301 (2017-2018) — Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program; eligibility; providing exemption for students in certain out-of-home placements. 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/SB301 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB301 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB301 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB301 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB301 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB301 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/SB301 HCS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- FOURTH READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Echols — primary (person)
- Griffin — 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 Griffin
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-15** Title stricken
- **2017-02-15** Emergency clause stricken
- **2017-02-20** Coauthored by Senator Pittman
- **2017-03-01** Coauthored by Representative Echols (principal House author)
- **2017-03-22** Coauthored by Senator Standridge
- **2017-03-23** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2017-03-23** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-23** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-27** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-27** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Withdrawn from Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee
- **2017-04-11** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-11** Coauthored by Representative(s) Hall, Downing
- **2017-04-11** Title restored
- **2017-04-17** General Order
- **2017-04-17** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-17** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-18** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-04-18** HAs read
- **2017-05-04** HAs adopted
- **2017-05-04** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-08** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-05-08** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-05-08** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-12** Approved by Governor 05/12/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7cec34db-51c1-4dfd-9a9e-dc3812b4dc6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).