---
type: "Bill"
title: "Governmental Tort Claims Act; modifying definition. Effective date."
description: "Governmental Tort Claims Act; modifying definition. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 1116"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1116 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lawson", "Yen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f64dd9ea-c000-46d7-b606-9be44d958d4e"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1116&session=1800"
source_hash: "d2414d28cd64cfe63bd9d168980c2f910b703a646ba12b95d905692176bce01a"
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 1116 (2017-2018) — Governmental Tort Claims Act; modifying definition. 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/SB1116 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB1116 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB1116 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB1116 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB1116 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB1116 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **85–1** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lawson — primary (person)
- Yen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Authored by Senator Yen
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-05** Coauthored by Representative Lawson (principal House author)
- **2018-03-12** General Order, Considered
- **2018-03-12** Measure passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-03-13** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2018-03-13** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-21** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** CR; Do Pass, as amended, Judiciary Committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-11** Title stricken
- **2018-04-26** General Order
- **2018-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-26** Title restored
- **2018-04-26** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-04-27** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2018-04-27** HAs read
- **2018-05-01** HAs adopted
- **2018-05-01** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled, to House
- **2018-05-01** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-05-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-07** Approved by Governor 05/07/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f64dd9ea-c000-46d7-b606-9be44d958d4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).