---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts; adding two special judges to be appointed in certain district. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Courts; adding two special judges to be appointed in certain district. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 1173"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1173 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall", "Wallace"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-20"
last_action: "2024-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef08615f-1d13-4070-af36-3f8a3dc74b7b"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1173&session=2400"
source_hash: "81db0cbea63e3fc6ce92274c940887b934eff223a4135349ef2132f9890e5ebc"
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 1173 (2024) — Courts; adding two special judges to be appointed in certain district. Effective date. 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/2023-24 INT/SB/SB1173 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1173 PCS.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB1173 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB1173 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB1173 HFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Joint Committee On Appropriations And Budget — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **40–1** (pass) · upper
- Joint Committee On Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **34–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **87–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)
- Wallace — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-20** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-20** Authored by Senator Thompson (Roger)
- **2023-02-20** Coauthored by Senator Hall
- **2023-02-20** Coauthored by Representative Wallace (principal House author)
- **2023-02-20** Coauthored by Representative Martinez
- **2023-02-22** Second Reading referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-13** remove as coauthor Representative(s) Martinez
- **2024-05-13** Coauthored by Representative Caldwell (Trey)
- **2024-05-23** Remove as coauthor Senator Hall
- **2024-05-23** Remove as author Senator Thompson (Roger); authored by Senator Hall
- **2024-05-23** Coauthored by Senator Rosino
- **2024-05-27** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget committee; JCR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-28** JCR adopted
- **2024-05-28** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2024-05-28** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-05-28** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2024-05-28** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Second Reading, direct to Joint Calendar
- **2024-05-30** General Order
- **2024-05-30** JCR adopted
- **2024-05-30** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-30** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-05-30** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled, to House
- **2024-05-30** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-05-30** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-14** Approved by Governor 06/14/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef08615f-1d13-4070-af36-3f8a3dc74b7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).