---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public buildings and public works; establishing certain purchasing provisions for school districts. Effective date."
description: "Public buildings and public works; establishing certain purchasing provisions for school districts. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 563"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 563 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergstrom", "Murphey"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1115f657-0130-4929-a4e0-02afd6ade97c"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB563&session=1800"
source_hash: "82463a39309ce3177ce992cd8991d7a47888705364015a70e0c8302ad73a181c"
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 563 (2017-2018) — Public buildings and public works; establishing certain purchasing provisions for school districts. 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/SB563 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB563 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB563 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB563 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB563 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB563 SFLR.PDF)
7. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB563 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **42–2** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **40–3** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **83–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bergstrom — primary (person)
- Murphey — 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 Bergstrom
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** coauthored by Murphey (principal House author)
- **2017-02-27** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute General Government committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-27** Title stricken
- **2017-03-20** General Order, Considered
- **2017-03-20** Title restored
- **2017-03-20** Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2017-03-20** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-21** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-21** 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 Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-11** CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-11** Coauthored by Senator(s) Loveless
- **2017-04-25** General Order
- **2017-04-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 3 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-26** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-04-26** HAs read
- **2017-05-04** HAs adopted
- **2017-05-04** Coauthored by Senator Brecheen
- **2017-05-04** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 2 `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/1115f657-0130-4929-a4e0-02afd6ade97c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).