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type: "Bill"
title: "Soldiers and sailors; establishing a State Veterans' Cemetery System. Effective date."
description: "Soldiers and sailors; establishing a State Veterans' Cemetery System. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 543"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 543 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ownbey", "Simpson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d03b5a87-e728-425c-a633-b815c6d8ce43"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB543&session=1800"
source_hash: "27ead2106d0120fb33516d65fecaa0e0ed1c93df4b3cd97d654985d8c63e8d61"
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 543 (2017-2018) — Soldiers and sailors; establishing a State Veterans' Cemetery 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/2017-18 INT/SB/SB543 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB543 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB543 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB543 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB543 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB543 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB543 HCS.PDF)
## Votes
- FOURTH READING — **420** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **440** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **880** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ownbey — primary (person)
- Simpson — 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 Simpson
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** coauthored by Ownbey (principal House author)
- **2017-02-09** Reported Do Pass Veterans and Military Affairs committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-22** Title stricken
- **2017-03-21** General Order, Considered
- **2017-03-21** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-21** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-22** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-22** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Veterans and Military Affairs Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29** Title restored
- **2017-04-25** General Order
- **2017-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-26** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-04-26** HAs read
- **2017-05-03** HAs adopted
- **2017-05-03** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-03** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-04** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-05-04** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-05-04** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-10** Approved by Governor 05/10/2017 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d03b5a87-e728-425c-a633-b815c6d8ce43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).