OK SB 981
enactedBail; authorizing denial of bail under certain circumstance. Effective date.
Oklahoma · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did OK SB 981 pass?
Yes. OK SB 981 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-12): Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/12/2025
What is OK SB 981 about?
OK SB 981 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Bail; authorizing denial of bail under certain circumstance. Effective date.”.
Who sponsors OK SB 981?
Gollihare, Ford are the primary sponsors of OK SB 981.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-03
- Latest action
- 2025-05-12 — Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/12/2025
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Gollihareprimary
- Fordprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-05-12
Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/12/2025
became-law
2025-05-05
Sent to Governor
executive-receipt
2025-05-05
Signed, returned to Senate
2025-05-05
Enrolled, to House
2025-05-01
Referred for enrollment
2025-05-01
Signed, returned to Senate
2025-05-01
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 82 Nays: 0
passage,reading-3
2025-05-01
General Order
2025-04-17
CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
committee-passage
2025-04-08
Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Criminal Judiciary
committee-passage
2025-04-01
Referred to Criminal Judiciary
referral-committee
2025-04-01
Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
reading-2,referral-committee
2025-03-13
First Reading
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-13
Engrossed to House
passage
2025-03-12
Referred for engrossment
2025-03-12
Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0
passage
2025-03-12
General Order, Considered
2025-03-10
Coauthored by Representative Ford (principal House author)
2025-02-27
Placed on General Order
2025-02-25
Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed
committee-passage
2025-02-04
Second Reading referred to Judiciary
reading-2,referral-committee
2025-02-03
Authored by Senator Gollihare
2025-02-03
First Reading
introduction,reading-1
Versions
Documents
Votes
Judiciary
2025-02-25 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Boren: yes
- Brooks: yes
- Gollihare: yes
- Howard: yes
- Jech: yes
- Jett: yes
- Rosino: yes
Third Reading
2025-03-12 · pass · 43-0
Member-level votes (47)
- Alvord: yes
- Gollihare: yes
- Kern: yes
- Rosino: yes
- Bergstrom: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Kirt: yes
- Sacchieri: yes
- Boren: yes
- Grellner: yes
- Mann: yes
- Seifried: yes
- Brooks: yes
- Guthrie: yes
- McIntosh: yes
- Standridge: yes
- Bullard: yes
- Hall: yes
- Nice: yes
- Stanley: yes
- Burns: yes
- Hamilton: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Stewart: yes
- Coleman: yes
- Hicks: yes
- Pederson: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Daniels: yes
- Hines: yes
- Prieto: yes
- Weaver: yes
- Deevers: yes
- Howard: yes
- Pugh: yes
- Wingard: yes
- Dossett: yes
- Jech: yes
- Rader: yes
- Woods: yes
- Frix: yes
- Jett: yes
- Reinhardt: yes
- Gillespie: excused
- Green: excused
- Haste: excused
- Murdock: excused
Criminal Judiciary Committee: Do Pass
2025-04-08 · pass · 3-0
Member-level votes (3)
- Hardin: yes
- Manger: yes
- Worthen: yes
Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass
2025-04-17 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Culver: yes
- Duel: yes
- Ford: yes
- Hardin: yes
- Harris: yes
- Humphrey: yes
- Manger: yes
- Rosecrants: yes
- Schreiber: yes
- Sterling: yes
- Stewart: yes
- Worthen: yes
Third Reading
2025-05-01 · pass · 82-0
Member-level votes (100)
- Adams: yes
- George: yes
- Manger: yes
- Smith: yes
- Alonso-Sandoval: yes
- Gise: yes
- May: yes
- Sneed: yes
- Banning: yes
- Grego: yes
- Maynard: yes
- Staires: yes
- Bashore: yes
- Hall: yes
- McCane: yes
- Stark: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Hardin: yes
- Menz: yes
- Steagall: yes
- Blancett: yes
- Harris: yes
- Miller: yes
- Sterling: yes
- Boles: yes
- Hasenbeck: yes
- Moore: yes
- Stewart: yes
- Caldwell (C): yes
- Hays: yes
- Munson: yes
- Strom: yes
- Cantrell: yes
- Hildebrant: yes
- Newton: yes
- Townley: yes
- Chapman: yes
- Hill: yes
- Olsen: yes
- Turner: yes
- Cornwell: yes
- Humphrey: yes
- Osburn: yes
- Waldron: yes
- Crosswhite Hader: yes
- Jenkins: yes
- Patzkowsky: yes
- West (K): yes
- Culver: yes
- Johns: yes
- Pfeiffer: yes
- West (R): yes
- Deck: yes
- Kane: yes
- Provenzano: yes
- West (T): yes
- Dempsey: yes
- Kelley: yes
- Ranson: yes
- Wilk: yes
- Dobrinski: yes
- Kendrix: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Williams: yes
- Duel: yes
- Kerbs: yes
- Roe: yes
- Wolfley: yes
- Eaves: yes
- Lay: yes
- Rosecrants: yes
- Woolley: yes
- Ford: yes
- Lepak: yes
- Schreiber: yes
- Worthen: yes
- Fugate: yes
- Lowe (D): yes
- Shaw: yes
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Gann: yes
- Luttrell: yes
- Archer: excused
- Dollens: excused
- Lawson: excused
- Pogemiller: excused
- Blair: excused
- Fetgatter: excused
- Marti: excused
- Stinson: excused
- Burns: excused
- Hefner: excused
- Pae: excused
- Tedford: excused
- Caldwell (T): excused
- Kannady: excused
- Pittman: excused
- West (J): excused
- VACANCY:: other
- 3: other
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