---
type: "Bill"
title: "Subpoena power; permitting certain subpoena powers to the Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. Effective date."
description: "Subpoena power; permitting certain subpoena powers to the Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 297"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 297 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moore", "Thompson (Roger)"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fc14b73-698c-4ada-b220-27d5dc91a928"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB297&session=2300"
source_hash: "f7ffc00afac30fac7b9b372df53d67075ab94dde0836eda19227dcc45091cbdd"
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 297 (2023) — Subpoena power; permitting certain subpoena powers to the Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. 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/2023-24 INT/SB/SB297 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB297 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB297 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB297 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB297 SFLR.PDF)
6. **SB297 (3-22-23) (THOMPSON) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB297 (3-22-23) (THOMPSON) FA1.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Moore — primary (person)
- Thompson (Roger) — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Senator Thompson (Roger)
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27** Coauthored by Representative Moore (principal House author)
- **2023-03-23** General Order, Amended
- **2023-03-23** Measure passed: Ayes: 48 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-27** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-03-27** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Criminal `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** CR; Do Pass Judiciary - Criminal Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-27** General Order
- **2023-04-27** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 75 Nays: 10 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-27** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-05-01** Enrolled, to House
- **2023-05-01** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-05-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-05** Approved by Governor 05/05/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9fc14b73-698c-4ada-b220-27d5dc91a928`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).