---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections; requiring certain political subdivisions to provide polling place. Effective date."
description: "Elections; requiring certain political subdivisions to provide polling place. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1286"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1286 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gillespie", "Osburn"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d0ede7e-85d1-4db1-aa7d-0f22e7c2b98f"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1286&session=2600"
source_hash: "ec0494b9c9c058e983345634d786b32343dbaec78e3e1b0804daa8a4360bf1c8"
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 1286 (2026) — Elections; requiring certain political subdivisions to provide polling place. Effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 INT/SB/SB1286 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by WILK** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB1286 FA1 WILKJO-MJ.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1286 PCS.PDF)
4. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB1286 CS.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1286 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1286 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1286 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1286 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Judiciary — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Advance — **35–6** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–7** (pass) · upper
- Government Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Elections And Ethics Committee: Do Pass — **5–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gillespie — primary (person)
- Osburn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** Authored by Senator Gillespie
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Placed on General Order
- **2026-03-24** Coauthored by Representative Osburn (principal House author)
- **2026-03-25** General Order, Considered
- **2026-03-25** Advanced to Third Reading
- **2026-03-25** Ayes: 35 Nays: 7
- **2026-03-25** Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 7 `passage`
- **2026-03-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-26** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-03-26** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Government Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Referred to Elections and Ethics `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-06** Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass Elections and Ethics `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-15** CR; Do Pass Government Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-06** General Order
- **2026-05-06** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-06** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-05-06** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-05-06** Enrolled, to House
- **2026-05-06** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-05-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-13** Approved by Governor 05/12/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d0ede7e-85d1-4db1-aa7d-0f22e7c2b98f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).