---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pretrial Release Act; authorizing special judges to determine eligibility for certain release. Emergency."
description: "Pretrial Release Act; authorizing special judges to determine eligibility for certain release. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 363"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 363 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holt", "ODonnell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2018-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03db2f6a-0270-48ad-9e27-b5914a587a6d"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB363&session=1800"
source_hash: "2bad83db5516d26bc47b78bfab9514e746311ef090b456f3f476e720c5a0a588"
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 363 (2017-2018) — Pretrial Release Act; authorizing special judges to determine eligibility for certain release. Emergency.

## 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/SB363 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB363 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB363 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB363 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB363 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB363 HCS.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **32–13** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **87–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Holt — primary (person)
- ODonnell — 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 Holt
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-14** Coauthored by Representative O'Donnell (principal House author)
- **2017-03-22** Coauthored by Senator Sharp
- **2017-03-22** General Order, Considered
- **2017-03-22** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-22** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-23** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-23** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Criminal Justice and Corrections `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Withdrawn from Judiciary - Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee
- **2018-02-05** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary Committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-07** Emergency added
- **2018-02-14** General Order
- **2018-02-14** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-14** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-02-15** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2018-02-15** HAs read
- **2018-03-05** HAs adopted
- **2018-03-05** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 32 Nays: 13 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-03-05** Coauthored by Senator Pittman
- **2018-03-06** Enrolled, to House
- **2018-03-06** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-03-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-08** Approved by Governor 03/08/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03db2f6a-0270-48ad-9e27-b5914a587a6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).