---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles; creating various special plates. Effective date."
description: "Motor vehicles; creating various special plates. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 408"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 408 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dossett", "Proctor"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58ea3e5e-a700-4104-a263-8576f15ba3a8"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB408&session=1800"
source_hash: "38e922c438e10363d47fb1191ee9e56ee103da38ded8e12fb5742b13411a2cdb"
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 408 (2017-2018) — Motor vehicles; creating various special plates. 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/SB408 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB408 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB408 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB408 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB408 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB408 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/SB408 HCS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FOURTH READING — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **42–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dossett — primary (person)
- Proctor — 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 Dossett
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Appropriations `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Referred to Appr/Sub-Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appr/Sub-Finance sub-committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-08** Title stricken
- **2017-02-08** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-09** coauthored by Proctor (principal House author)
- **2017-03-07** General Order, Considered
- **2017-03-07** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 1 `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 Transportation `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Transportation Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-05** Title restored
- **2017-04-17** General Order
- **2017-04-17** Coauthored by Representative(s) Derby
- **2017-04-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-17** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-17** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-18** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-04-18** HAs read
- **2017-05-09** HAs adopted
- **2017-05-09** Measure passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-10** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-05-10** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-05-10** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-16** Approved by Governor 05/16/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58ea3e5e-a700-4104-a263-8576f15ba3a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).