---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections; requirements for candidate filing petitions and fees. Effective date."
description: "Elections; requirements for candidate filing petitions and fees. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 323"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 323 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paxton", "Wallace"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9139d3f-1f39-4f83-ac42-a7d1efa9ce95"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB323&session=1800"
source_hash: "a83c94bee1b9ae29afb49fb9b23af542b36b80f4f99d56c1a5ddd6bcf2327cc4"
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 323 (2017-2018) — Elections; requirements for candidate filing petitions and fees. 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/SB323 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB323 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB323 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB323 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB323 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB323 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/SB323 HCS.PDF)
8. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB323 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **34–12** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **52–40** (pass) · lower
- FOURTH READING — **20–24** (fail) · upper
- Reconsider — **35–5** (pass) · upper
- SUSPEND HOUSE — **26–56** (fail) · lower
- THIRD READING — **32–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paxton — primary (person)
- Wallace — 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 Paxton
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Rules Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-22** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-01** Title stricken
- **2017-03-13** Coauthored by Representative Wallace (principal House author)
- **2017-03-21** General Order, Amended
- **2017-03-21** Title restored
- **2017-03-21** Measure passed: Ayes: 32 Nays: 10 `passage`
- **2017-03-21** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-22** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-22** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-18** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-26** General Order
- **2017-04-26** Motion to suspend rule failed
- **2017-04-26** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 52 Nays: 40 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-26** Notice served to reconsider vote by Representative Wallace
- **2017-04-27** Motion expired
- **2017-04-27** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-05-01** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-05-01** HAs read
- **2017-05-04** HAs adopted
- **2017-05-04** Measure failed: Ayes: 20 Nays: 24
- **2017-05-04** Notice served to reconsider vote on measure Paxton
- **2017-05-08** Motion to reconsider vote adopted: Ayes: 35 Nays: 5
- **2017-05-08** Measure passed: Ayes: 34 Nays: 12 `passage`
- **2017-05-08** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-09** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-05-09** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-05-09** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-15** Approved by Governor 05/15/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9139d3f-1f39-4f83-ac42-a7d1efa9ce95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).