---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public health; removing certain provisions relating to veteran centers. Effective date."
description: "Public health; removing certain provisions relating to veteran centers. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 730"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 730 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ownbey", "Simpson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c10f2b6f-9ba8-4b0a-aabf-2269405fb01f"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB730&session=1800"
source_hash: "d48681fccab06a19349f2e5743e9b08eb05ade0833a8729b7608d04b4382d8cc"
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 SB 730 (2017-2018) — Public health; removing certain provisions relating to veteran centers. 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/SB/SB730 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB730 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB730 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB730 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB730 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **38–2** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **77–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ownbey — primary (person)
- Simpson — 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 Senator Simpson
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** coauthored by Ownbey (principal House author)
- **2017-02-16** Reported Do Pass Veterans and Military Affairs committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-15** General Order, Considered
- **2017-03-15** Measure passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2017-03-15** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-20** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** CR; Do Pass Veterans and Military Affairs Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-18** General Order
- **2017-04-18** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 77 Nays: 2 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-18** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-04-18** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-04-19** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-04-19** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-04-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-25** Approved by Governor 04/25/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c10f2b6f-9ba8-4b0a-aabf-2269405fb01f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).