---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections; absentee voting; modifying procedures for absentee ballots for certain electors. Emergency."
description: "Elections; absentee voting; modifying procedures for absentee ballots for certain electors. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 714"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 714 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jech", "Newton"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 35
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2022-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6087e88-18b6-429d-ac5a-4ef909c10356"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB714&session=2200"
source_hash: "df574e8cc42de8046e044713eb189e11b74cd7fbdecd7dc73ef89b7d0ea47b34"
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 714 (2022) — Elections; absentee voting; modifying procedures for absentee ballots for certain electors. 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/2021-22 INT/SB/SB714 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by NEWTON** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB714 FA1 NEWTONCA-LRB.PDF)
3. **2 Floor Amendment by NEWTON (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB714 FA2 NEWTONCA-LRB(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
4. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB714 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
5. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB714 CA1.PDF)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB714 ENGR.PDF)
7. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB714 ENR.PDF)
8. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB714 HFLR.PDF)
9. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB714 SFLR.PDF)
10. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB714 HCS.PDF)
11. **SB714 FULLPCS1 CARL NEWTON-LRB.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB714 FULLPCS1 CARL NEWTON-LRB.PDF)
12. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB714 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Authored by Senator Jech
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10** Emergency added
- **2021-02-19** Coauthored by Representative Newton (principal House author)
- **2021-03-08** General Order, Considered
- **2021-03-08** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-09** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-03-09** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-16** Remove Representative Newton as principal House author and substitute with Representative Lowe (Dick)
- **2021-03-22** Remove Representative Lowe (Dick) as principal House author and substitute with Representative Newton
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading referred to Elections and Ethics `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Withdrawn from Elections and Ethics Committee
- **2021-03-24** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2021-03-31** Referred to Elections and Ethics `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Elections and Ethics Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06** Coauthored by Representative(s) Pae
- **2022-04-06** General Order
- **2022-04-06** Coauthored by Senator(s) Bergstrom
- **2022-04-06** House Rule suspended
- **2022-04-06** Amended by floor substitute
- **2022-04-06** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-06** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-04-07** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2022-04-07** HAs read
- **2022-05-16** HAs adopted
- **2022-05-16** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 4 `passage`
- **2022-05-16** Referred for enrollment
- **2022-05-17** Enrolled, to House
- **2022-05-17** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2022-05-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-20** Approved by Governor 05/20/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6087e88-18b6-429d-ac5a-4ef909c10356`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).