---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tourism and Recreation Department; making Commission an advisory body; transferring duties to the Executive Director; authorizing Governor to appoint Executive Director; effective date."
description: "Tourism and Recreation Department; making Commission an advisory body; transferring duties to the Executive Director; authorizing Governor to appoint Executive Director; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 3603"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3603 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lepak", "Treat"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5d58ed3-08ba-4b82-99e2-43282fa81e90"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3603&session=1800"
source_hash: "f56dac37d2e921136f762c878a644f120f4b7384ca7e692306c97fac5b0588ed"
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 3603 (2017-2018) — Tourism and Recreation Department; making Commission an advisory body; transferring duties to the Executive Director; authorizing Governor to appoint Executive Director; 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/HB3603 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB3603 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB3603 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB3603 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB3603 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3603 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **32–6** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **57–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lepak — primary (person)
- Treat — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Authored by Representative McCall
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28** Remove Representative McCall as principal House author and substitute with Representative Lepak
- **2018-02-28** Coauthored by Representative(s) McCall
- **2018-02-28** Authored by Senator Treat (principal Senate author)
- **2018-03-13** General Order
- **2018-03-13** Coauthored by Representative(s) Cockroft
- **2018-03-13** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 57 Nays: 26 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-13** Notice served to reconsider vote by Representative Lepak
- **2018-03-15** Motion expired
- **2018-03-15** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-03-19** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-21** Second Reading referred to Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** Reported Do Pass Business, Commerce and Tourism committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-29** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-11** Title stricken
- **2018-04-26** General Order, Amended
- **2018-04-26** Title restored
- **2018-04-26** Amendment restored bill to engrossed version `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-26** Measure passed: Ayes: 32 Nays: 6 `passage`
- **2018-04-26** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2018-04-26** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-04-27** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2018-04-27** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2018-04-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Approved by Governor 05/03/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5d58ed3-08ba-4b82-99e2-43282fa81e90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).