---
type: "Bill"
title: "Soldiers and sailors; directing the Department of Veterans Affairs to create a registry for service-disabled veterans. Effective date."
description: "Soldiers and sailors; directing the Department of Veterans Affairs to create a registry for service-disabled veterans. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 456"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 456 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McDugle", "Newhouse"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 42
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5be0b51a-c5dc-4514-83ef-8cb4888a63b0"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB456&session=1800"
source_hash: "ce73117430f3db5863c9e36ed5de4d0911621813d9dfc3d70523f2535028a36b"
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 456 (2017-2018) — Soldiers and sailors; directing the Department of Veterans Affairs to create a registry for service-disabled veterans. 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/SB456 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB456 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB456 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB456 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB456 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB456 SFLR.PDF)
7. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB456 CS.PDF)
8. **Senate Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCCS/SB456 CCS.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- FOURTH READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **90–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McDugle — primary (person)
- Newhouse — 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 Newhouse
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Reported Do Pass as amended Veterans and Military Affairs committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-09** Title stricken
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Coauthored by Representative McDugle (principal House author)
- **2017-03-01** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-01** Title stricken
- **2017-03-13** General Order, Considered
- **2017-03-13** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-13** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-14** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-14** 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 Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-11** CR; Do Pass, as amended, Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-11** Coauthored by Senator(s) Scott, Sharp
- **2017-04-11** Enacting clause stricken
- **2017-04-18** General Order
- **2017-04-18** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-18** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-19** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-04-19** HAs read
- **2017-05-08** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2017-05-10** Conference granted, naming GCCA
- **2017-05-11** SCs named GCCA
- **2017-05-25** CCR read, GCCA
- **2017-05-25** Title restored
- **2017-05-25** Enacting clause restored
- **2017-05-26** CCR adopted, GCCA
- **2017-05-26** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-26** CCR submitted
- **2017-05-26** CCR adopted
- **2017-05-26** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-26** To Senate
- **2017-05-26** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-26** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-05-26** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-05-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-06** Approved by Governor 06/06/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5be0b51a-c5dc-4514-83ef-8cb4888a63b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).