---
type: "Bill"
title: "State government; creating the Tourism Development Act; effective date."
description: "State government; creating the Tourism Development Act; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2131"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2131 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Echols", "Treat"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2bc98ab-03fc-481e-a06a-35e7e2875c01"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2131&session=1800"
source_hash: "a19d4410a43d33634ce6b8e8f5fbf64d5467fcdaeb4a1352eedfe9ce77f12b63"
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 2131 (2017-2018) — State government; creating the Tourism Development Act; 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/HB2131 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB2131 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB2131 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB2131 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB2131 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2131 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **35–8** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **84–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Echols — primary (person)
- Treat — 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 McCall
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2017-02-23** Referred to Appropriations and Budget `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-02** Remove Representative McCall as principal House author and substitute with Representative Echols
- **2017-03-21** General Order
- **2017-03-21** Coauthored by Representative(s) Hall
- **2017-03-21** Authored by Senator Treat (principal Senate author)
- **2017-03-21** Coauthored by Senator(s) Holt
- **2017-03-21** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 5 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-21** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-22** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-03-22** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Appropriations `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Referred to Appr/Sub-Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Coauthored by Senator Matthews
- **2017-04-11** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appr/Sub-Finance sub-committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-12** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-12** Title stricken
- **2017-04-26** General Order, Amended
- **2017-04-26** Title restored
- **2017-04-26** Amendment restored bill to engrossed version `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-26** Measure passed: Ayes: 35 Nays: 8 `passage`
- **2017-04-26** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2017-04-26** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-04-27** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2017-04-27** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2017-04-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-03** Approved by Governor 05/03/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2bc98ab-03fc-481e-a06a-35e7e2875c01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).