---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election boards; increasing amount of per diem for members for certain meetings. Effective date."
description: "Election boards; increasing amount of per diem for members for certain meetings. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 831"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 831 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris", "Rader"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6449223d-ac91-4c4e-9dfc-6069f2155aae"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB831&session=2600"
source_hash: "183eb0ecd322f40249819ce0afcdc6a61e8f9dcb17aeefe26f09e3034f28a8f3"
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 831 (2026) — Election boards; increasing amount of per diem for members for certain meetings. 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/SB831 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB831 CA1.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB831 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB831 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB831 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB831 SFLR.PDF)
7. **SB831 (3-17-25) (RADER) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB831 (3-17-25) (RADER) RT FA1.PDF)

## Votes

- Judiciary — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Appropriations — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Appropriations And Budget General Government Subcommittee: Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass — **27–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harris — primary (person)
- Rader — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Authored by Senator Rader
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Judiciary Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Reported Do Pass as amended Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20** Coauthored by Representative Harris (principal House author)
- **2025-02-26** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26** Title stricken
- **2025-03-03** Placed on General Order
- **2025-03-24** General Order, Amended
- **2025-03-24** Title restored
- **2025-03-24** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-25** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-03-25** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Referred to Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-17** CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-30** General Order
- **2025-04-30** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2025-04-30** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-01** Enrolled, to House
- **2025-05-01** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2025-05-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/08/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6449223d-ac91-4c4e-9dfc-6069f2155aae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).