Okla. Stat. tit. 75, § 75-12a: Legislative bills and resolutions - Enrollment - Filing in

Office of Secretary of State.

A. Bills and resolutions referred to in Section 35, Article V

of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, after their passage

but before they are signed by the presiding officer of each house of

the Legislature as provided in said section, shall be correctly

enrolled either in permanent ink on appropriate paper or in an

electronic form pursuant to rules adopted by each house. Bills and

resolutions originating in one house of the Legislature which, after

being duly passed and engrossed thereby, are transmitted to the

other house and thereafter returned without amendment to the house

in which same originated, shall, when referred for enrollment, be

transmitted to the Office of Engrossing and Enrolling thereof, which

office may cause each and every such engrossed bill or resolution,

without retyping, to be reported properly enrolled for fourth

reading and final signature by attaching or jacketing in the

forefront thereof a proper jurat for certification by the presiding

officer as to the previous passage of said bill or resolution.

After said bills and resolutions have been duly signed by the

presiding officer of each house of the Legislature, and after same

have been either affirmatively or negatively approved by the

Governor or passed over his objections, as provided in Section 11,

Article VI of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, they shall

be filed in the office of the Secretary of State where they shall be

permanently preserved.

B. For purposes of this section and subject to the provisions

of subsection C of this section, bills and resolutions and

amendments thereto may be transmitted between the two houses of the

Legislature electronically. Enrolled bills and resolutions may be

transmitted electronically to the Office of the Governor. Bills and

resolutions that are filed in the Office of the Secretary of State

may be transmitted electronically. If a bill or resolution is

transmitted electronically, the signature of the presiding officer

may be an electronic signature. All bills and resolutions

transmitted electronically must be signed by the presiding officer

in compliance with the provisions of Section 35 of Article V of the

Oklahoma Constitution; provided, such signatures may be in

electronic form.

C. Electronic transmittal of bills and resolutions shall be

allowed if safeguards established by the Clerk of the House and the

Secretary of the Senate are in place to protect against unauthorized

users. Transmission between the respective houses shall require a

written agreement signed by the Speaker of the House of

Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.

Transmission from either house of the Legislature to the Office of

the Governor shall require a written agreement signed by the

Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the

President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Transmission from either house

of the Legislature to the Office of the Secretary of State shall

require a written agreement signed by the Secretary of State, the

Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro

Tempore of the Senate. The Clerk of the House of Representatives

and the Secretary of the Senate shall be the guardians of electronic

signatures for their respective houses of the Legislature and shall

be authorized to make determinations as to validity and authenticity

of electronic signatures.