republic-os/legislation/us/states/ok/2026/sb-981.md

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Bill	Bail; authorizing denial of bail under certain circumstance. Effective date.	Bail; authorizing denial of bail under certain circumstance. Effective date.	us/states/ok	Oklahoma Legislature	2026	SB 981	Oklahoma SB 981 (2026)	bill		enacted	Ford Gollihare	5	23	5	2025-02-03	2025-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/2d299a0c-047a-48c7-9c9a-c5e9b0e17a58	http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB981&session=2600	f287b54c25fe804aa885a5b7256e974aa3bd486e68cb91c2a8850b8d51476c03	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ok

Oklahoma SB 981 (2026) — Bail; authorizing denial of bail under certain circumstance. 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/SB981 INT.PDF)
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB981 ENGR.PDF)
3. Enrolled (final version) (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB981 ENR.PDF)
4. Floor (House) (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB981 HFLR.PDF)
5. Floor (Senate) (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB981 SFLR.PDF)

Votes

• Third Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper
• Judiciary — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Criminal Judiciary Committee: Do Pass — 3–0 (pass) · lower
• Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 82–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ford — primary (person)
• Gollihare — 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 Gollihare
• 2025-02-04 Second Reading referred to Judiciary reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-02-25 Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed committee-passage
• 2025-02-27 Placed on General Order
• 2025-03-10 Coauthored by Representative Ford (principal House author)
• 2025-03-12 General Order, Considered
• 2025-03-12 Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 passage
• 2025-03-12 Referred for engrossment
• 2025-03-13 Engrossed to House passage
• 2025-03-13 First Reading introduction, reading-1
• 2025-04-01 Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-04-01 Referred to Criminal Judiciary referral-committee
• 2025-04-08 Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Criminal Judiciary committee-passage
• 2025-04-17 CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee committee-passage
• 2025-05-01 General Order
• 2025-05-01 Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 82 Nays: 0 passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-01 Signed, returned to Senate
• 2025-05-01 Referred for enrollment
• 2025-05-05 Enrolled, to House
• 2025-05-05 Signed, returned to Senate
• 2025-05-05 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-12 Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/12/2025 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d299a0c-047a-48c7-9c9a-c5e9b0e17a58. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).