---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Employees Retirement System; providing that certain payments shall not constitute reinstatement of membership in system. Effective date."
description: "Public Employees Retirement System; providing that certain payments shall not constitute reinstatement of membership in system. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 447"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 447 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lepak", "Montgomery"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b654379c-582b-46c9-afa8-85aff356551d"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB447&session=2400"
source_hash: "1902f3b26452bec24632563c9e781a9fc2becd659c4d141a31eb53c7249c9eb9"
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 447 (2024) — Public Employees Retirement System; providing that certain payments shall not constitute reinstatement of membership in system. 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/2023-24 INT/SB/SB447 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB447 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB447 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB447 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB447 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **85–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee On Retirement & Insurance — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Banking, Financial Services And Pensions Committee: Do Pass — **9–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lepak — primary (person)
- Montgomery — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Senator Montgomery
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Retirement and Insurance `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Reported Do Pass Retirement and Insurance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Coauthored by Representative Lepak (principal House author)
- **2023-03-09** General Order, Considered
- **2023-03-09** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-13** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-03-13** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Banking, Financial Services and Pensions `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** CR; Do Pass Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25** General Order
- **2023-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-26** Enrolled, to House
- **2023-04-26** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-02** Approved by Governor 05/02/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b654379c-582b-46c9-afa8-85aff356551d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).