---
type: "Bill"
title: "Operation of vessels; establishing exemption from liability under certain circumstances. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Operation of vessels; establishing exemption from liability under certain circumstances. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 160"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 160 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown", "Moore"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06141d84-8aa8-45f9-96da-03ea0fd44fac"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB160&session=1800"
source_hash: "9ac3e2395d8e4323f3950b496326e854448eaf7294c2b61d4cf74c2d3a0ebd96"
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 160 (2017-2018) — Operation of vessels; establishing exemption from liability under certain circumstances. 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/2017-18 INT/SB/SB160 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB160 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB160 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB160 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB160 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB160 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB160 HCS.PDF)

## Votes

- SUSPEND HOUSE — **80–5** (pass) · lower
- EMERGENCY — **68–20** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **73–17** (pass) · lower
- FOURTH READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)
- Moore — 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 Brown
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-22** Coauthored by Representative Moore (principal House author)
- **2017-03-07** General Order, Considered
- **2017-03-07** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-07** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-08** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-08** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Civil and Environmental `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Withdrawn from Judiciary - Civil and Environmental Committee
- **2017-04-11** Referred to Appropriations and Budget `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-18** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-18** Emergency added
- **2017-04-25** General Order
- **2017-04-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-25** Laid over
- **2017-04-25** Considered
- **2017-04-25** House Rule suspended
- **2017-04-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-25** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 73 Nays: 17; Ayes: 68 Nays: 20 `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** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `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/06141d84-8aa8-45f9-96da-03ea0fd44fac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).