---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pardons and paroles; requiring medical director of the Department of Corrections to make certain request. Effective date."
description: "Pardons and paroles; requiring medical director of the Department of Corrections to make certain request. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1255"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1255 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jech", "Newton"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c21b66f-cd3c-4908-b246-c50677da6280"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1255&session=2600"
source_hash: "5305a42b187a3b3430eed553295b340efa5110eac405005a7fe4e76e418409ba"
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 1255 (2026) — Pardons and paroles; requiring medical director of the Department of Corrections to make certain request. Effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 INT/SB/SB1255 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1255 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1255 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1255 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1255 SFLR.PDF)
6. **SB1255 (3-23-26) (JECH) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1255 (3-23-26) (JECH) FA1.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **73–19** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Public Safety — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Criminal Judiciary Committee: Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jech — primary (person)
- Newton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** Authored by Senator Jech
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Coauthored by Representative Newton (principal House author)
- **2026-02-24** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Placed on General Order
- **2026-03-25** General Order, Amended
- **2026-03-25** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2026-03-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-26** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-03-26** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Referred to Criminal Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-31** Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Criminal Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-14** CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-28** General Order
- **2026-04-28** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 73 Nays: 19 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-28** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-04-28** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-04-29** Enrolled, to House
- **2026-04-29** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-06** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/06/2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c21b66f-cd3c-4908-b246-c50677da6280`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).