---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture; creating the Urban Gardens Grant Act. Effective date."
description: "Agriculture; creating the Urban Gardens Grant Act. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 749"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 749 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthews", "Nichols"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70ea0e6c-5658-4298-9c03-62335608bd0f"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB749&session=1800"
source_hash: "061ed7b4afd03efd11d7e42b4354b41c21995940150b93102c43bf9a7b681fe4"
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 749 (2017-2018) — Agriculture; creating the Urban Gardens Grant 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/SB/SB749 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB749 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB749 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB749 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB749 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **36–6** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **61–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matthews — primary (person)
- Nichols — 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 Matthews
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Agriculture and Wildlife Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** coauthored by Nichols (principal House author)
- **2017-02-14** Reported Do Pass Agriculture and Wildlife committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-14** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Coauthored by Senator Pittman
- **2017-02-22** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-22** Title stricken
- **2017-03-08** General Order, Amended
- **2017-03-08** Title restored
- **2017-03-08** Measure passed: Ayes: 36 Nays: 6 `passage`
- **2017-03-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-09** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-09** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-17** CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-25** General Order
- **2017-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 61 Nays: 29 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-25** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-04-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-04-26** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-04-26** Signed, returned to Senate
- **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/70ea0e6c-5658-4298-9c03-62335608bd0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).