republic-os/legislation/us/states/ok/2017-2018/sb-397.md

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Bill	Bus Passenger Safety Act; removing certain prohibitions; making exception. Effective date.	Bus Passenger Safety Act; removing certain prohibitions; making exception. Effective date.	us/states/ok	Oklahoma Legislature	2017-2018	SB 397	Oklahoma SB 397 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Babinec Newhouse	7	39	4	2017-02-06	2017-05-19	openstates	ocd-bill/670854d6-5e3a-4633-8bb1-3ca5d87dab8f	http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB397&session=1800	55fc9e92f1660f1563695592a2db14ae5df8dee1a7c90e40eaf2f7c659b2a778	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ok

Oklahoma SB 397 (2017-2018) — Bus Passenger Safety Act; removing certain prohibitions; making exception. 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/SB397 INT.PDF)
2. Amended And Engrossed (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB397 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. Engrossed (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB397 ENGR.PDF)
4. Enrolled (final version) (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB397 ENR.PDF)
5. Floor (House) (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB397 HFLR.PDF)
6. Floor (Senate) (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB397 SFLR.PDF)
7. Senate Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB397 CS.PDF)

Votes

• THIRD READING — 43–1 (pass) · upper
• SUSPEND HOUSE — 68–22 (pass) · lower
• FOURTH READING — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• THIRD READING — 79–9 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Babinec — primary (person)
• Newhouse — 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 Loveless
• 2017-02-07 Second Reading referred to Public Safety reading-2, referral-committee
• 2017-02-09 coauthored by Babinec (principal House author)
• 2017-02-16 Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety committee; CR filed committee-passage
• 2017-02-16 Title stricken
• 2017-02-23 coauthored by Coody
• 2017-02-23 coauthored by Bennett (John)
• 2017-02-23 coauthored by Faught
• 2017-02-27 coauthored by Gann
• 2017-03-01 Coauthored by Senator Brecheen
• 2017-03-06 coauthored by Roberts (Sean)
• 2017-03-13 Coauthored by Senator Dahm
• 2017-03-23 General Order, Considered
• 2017-03-23 Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 1 passage
• 2017-03-23 Referred for engrossment
• 2017-03-27 Engrossed to House passage
• 2017-03-27 First Reading introduction, reading-1
• 2017-03-28 Second Reading referred to Public Safety reading-2, referral-committee
• 2017-04-05 CR; Do Pass, as amended, Public Safety Committee committee-passage
• 2017-04-05 Coauthored by Senator(s) Bergstrom
• 2017-04-05 Enacting clause stricken
• 2017-04-25 General Order
• 2017-04-25 House Rule suspended
• 2017-04-25 Amended amendment-passage
• 2017-04-25 Title restored
• 2017-04-25 Enacting clause restored
• 2017-04-25 Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 79 Nays: 9 reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-25 Referred for engrossment
• 2017-04-26 Engrossed, signed, to Senate passage
• 2017-04-26 HAs read
• 2017-05-02 Remove as author Senator Loveless; authored by Senator Newhouse
• 2017-05-11 HAs adopted
• 2017-05-11 Measure passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 1 passage
• 2017-05-11 Referred for enrollment
• 2017-05-12 Enrolled, to House
• 2017-05-15 Signed, returned to Senate
• 2017-05-15 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-05-19 Approved by Governor 05/19/2017 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/670854d6-5e3a-4633-8bb1-3ca5d87dab8f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).