---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property; creating the Freedom to Display the American Flag Act; emergency."
description: "Property; creating the Freedom to Display the American Flag Act; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1337"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1337 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bass", "Hoskin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adff33fb-9e6d-4ccf-9e12-42a92cd71656"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1337&session=1800"
source_hash: "e32b5e01e0c5c1329eaa1db7ed2f1d83206c7ffa112136a44e7dbfdb28bff79e"
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 1337 (2017-2018) — Property; creating the Freedom to Display the American Flag Act; emergency.

## 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/HB1337 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB1337 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB1337 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB1337 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB1337 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bass — primary (person)
- Hoskin — 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 Hoskin
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Business, Commerce and Tourism `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** CR; Do Pass Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-22** Authored by Senator Bass (principal Senate author)
- **2017-03-01** General Order
- **2017-03-01** Coauthored by Representative(s) Montgomery, Nollan
- **2017-03-01** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-01** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-02** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-03-02** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-02** coauthored by Tadlock
- **2017-03-02** coauthored by Meredith
- **2017-03-02** coauthored by Loring
- **2017-03-20** Second Reading referred to Business, Commerce and Tourism `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Coauthored by Senator Stanislawski
- **2017-04-06** Reported Do Pass Business, Commerce and Tourism committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-25** Coauthored by Senator Sharp
- **2017-04-25** General Order, Considered
- **2017-04-25** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-25** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2017-04-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-04-26** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2017-04-26** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2017-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-02** Approved by Governor 05/02/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/adff33fb-9e6d-4ccf-9e12-42a92cd71656`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).