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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Civil procedure; statute of limitations for civil actions; striking gross negligence standard for certain damages; court costs and attorney fees; Discovery Code; limitations on scope of discovery; effective date."
+description: "Civil procedure; statute of limitations for civil actions; striking gross negligence standard for certain damages; court costs and attorney fees; Discovery Code; limitations on scope of discovery; effective date."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
+legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 1570"
+citation: "Oklahoma HB 1570 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Echols", "Holt"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 37
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2017-02-06"
+last_action: "2017-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15e38922-f65c-41bf-9d56-250645a12c4f"
+source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1570&session=1800"
+source_hash: "72d7f9b82d1e7194e12aecaea7ff54563a9382dc3feefede502a103e1dd3aa17"
+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 HB 1570 (2017-2018) — Civil procedure; statute of limitations for civil actions; striking gross negligence standard for certain damages; court costs and attorney fees; Discovery Code; limitations on scope of discovery; 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/hB/HB1570 INT.PDF)
+2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1570 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
+3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB1570 ENGR.PDF)
+4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB1570 ENR.PDF)
+5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB1570 HFLR.PDF)
+6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB1570 SFLR.PDF)
+7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1570 CS.PDF)
+8. **House Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCCS/HB1570 CCS.PDF)
+9. **Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCSH/HB1570 SCSH.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FOURTH READING — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- FOURTH READING — **39–4** (pass) · upper
+- SUSPEND HOUSE — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+- THIRD READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+- THIRD READING — **76–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Echols — primary (person)
+- Holt — 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 Representative Echols
+- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Civil and Environmental `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-01** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary - Civil and Environmental Committee `committee-passage`
+- **2017-03-01** Authored by Senator Holt (principal Senate author)
+- **2017-03-22** General Order
+- **2017-03-22** House Rule suspended
+- **2017-03-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-03-22** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 76 Nays: 1 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-03-22** Referred for engrossment
+- **2017-03-23** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
+- **2017-03-23** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-03-28** Second Reading referred to Business, Commerce and Tourism `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-12** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business, Commerce and Tourism committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-04-12** Title stricken
+- **2017-04-26** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
+- **2017-04-26** Title restored
+- **2017-04-26** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
+- **2017-04-26** Referred for engrossment
+- **2017-04-27** Engrossed to House `passage`
+- **2017-04-27** SA's received
+- **2017-05-04** SA's rejected, conference requested, naming Conference Committee on Judiciary - Civil and Environmental
+- **2017-05-09** Conference granted, SCs named Holt, Newberry, Leewright, Daniels, Bice, Sparks, Floyd
+- **2017-05-22** CCR submitted
+- **2017-05-24** CCR adopted
+- **2017-05-24** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 97 Nays: 0 `passage`
+- **2017-05-24** To Senate
+- **2017-05-24** CCR read
+- **2017-05-25** Coauthored by Senator Sparks
+- **2017-05-25** Coauthored by Senator Floyd
+- **2017-05-25** CCR adopted
+- **2017-05-25** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 39 Nays: 4 `passage`
+- **2017-05-25** Referred for enrollment
+- **2017-05-26** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
+- **2017-05-26** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
+- **2017-05-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-05-26** Approved by Governor 06/06/2017 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15e38922-f65c-41bf-9d56-250645a12c4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).
+