---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Department of Rehabilitation Services; creating the Jeri Cooper Act; support service providers program."
description: "State Department of Rehabilitation Services; creating the Jeri Cooper Act; support service providers program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1244"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1244 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffin", "Lepak"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2018-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3c09f5c-e371-4e4f-b499-7a233c208458"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1244&session=1800"
source_hash: "51f5f631b9996c43a2e05b5ab2b7ef6b8d66920ccff681cb3cbb0064fc66752c"
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 1244 (2017-2018) — State Department of Rehabilitation Services; creating the Jeri Cooper Act; support service providers program.

## 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/HB1244 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB1244 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB1244 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB1244 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB1244 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1244 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **87–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Griffin — primary (person)
- Lepak — 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 Lepak
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2018-02-26** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Health Committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-14** General Order
- **2018-03-14** Authored by Senator Griffin (principal Senate author)
- **2018-03-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-14** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 3 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-14** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-03-15** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2018-03-15** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-22** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-09** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-11** Title stricken
- **2018-04-23** General Order, Amended
- **2018-04-23** Title restored
- **2018-04-23** Amendment restored bill to engrossed version `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-23** Measure passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-23** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2018-04-23** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-04-24** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2018-04-24** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2018-04-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-30** Approved by Governor 04/30/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3c09f5c-e371-4e4f-b499-7a233c208458`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).