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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Contracts; Fair Practices of Equipment Manufacturers, Distributors, Wholesalers and Dealers Act; equipment definition; excluding fixtures and related repair parts; effective date."
+description: "Contracts; Fair Practices of Equipment Manufacturers, Distributors, Wholesalers and Dealers Act; equipment definition; excluding fixtures and related repair parts; effective date."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
+legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 3970"
+citation: "Oklahoma HB 3970 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Echols", "Rader"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2024-02-05"
+last_action: "2024-04-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faf0c44b-f8ef-427a-9f1e-acd9f0d6b22e"
+source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3970&session=2400"
+source_hash: "6e2a4cb0e00dc7dd4f7a9c25ecd748e33ac1ee0d4f62ae4240d8aa3650679b21"
+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 3970 (2024) — Contracts; Fair Practices of Equipment Manufacturers, Distributors, Wholesalers and Dealers Act; equipment definition; excluding fixtures and related repair parts; 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/2023-24 INT/hB/HB3970 INT.PDF)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB3970 ENGR.PDF)
+3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB3970 ENR.PDF)
+4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB3970 HFLR.PDF)
+5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB3970 SFLR.PDF)
+6. **HB3970 FULLPCS1 JON ECHOLS-AO.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3970 FULLPCS1 JON ECHOLS-AO.PDF)
+7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3970 CS.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **85–0** (pass) · lower
+- Business & Commerce — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- Business And Commerce Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Echols — primary (person)
+- Rader — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2024-02-05** Authored by Representative Echols
+- **2024-02-06** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-15** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
+- **2024-02-15** Referred to Business and Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-22** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business and Commerce Committee `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-22** Authored by Senator Rader (principal Senate author)
+- **2024-03-07** General Order
+- **2024-03-07** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-03-07** Referred for engrossment
+- **2024-03-11** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
+- **2024-03-11** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2024-03-19** Second Reading referred to Business and Commerce `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-01** Reported Do Pass Business and Commerce committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
+- **2024-04-16** General Order, Considered
+- **2024-04-16** Measure passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 0 `passage`
+- **2024-04-16** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
+- **2024-04-16** Referred for enrollment
+- **2024-04-17** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
+- **2024-04-17** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
+- **2024-04-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-04-23** Approved by Governor 04/22/2024 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/faf0c44b-f8ef-427a-9f1e-acd9f0d6b22e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).
+