---
type: "Bill"
title: "State government; State Park System Improvement Revolving Fund; purposes; effective date; emergency."
description: "State government; State Park System Improvement Revolving Fund; purposes; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1897"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1897 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Phillips"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ec107fb-d444-437e-a8e8-5308ed5c3860"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1897&session=2000"
source_hash: "63309cd49a5470242c96f4fd189464947125ee48dc1fb2ea774c9ae82c95d351"
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 1897 (2020) — State government; State Park System Improvement Revolving Fund; purposes; effective date; 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/2019-20 INT/hB/HB1897 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB1897 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB1897 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB1897 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB1897 SFLR.PDF)
6. **HB1897 (4-08-19) (ALLEN) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1897 (4-08-19) (ALLEN) RT FA1.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **89–3** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Authored by Representative Newton
- **2019-02-06** Second Reading referred to Rules `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-14** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Appropriations and Budget `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** Remove Representative Newton as principal House author and substitute with Representative Phillips
- **2019-02-28** Coauthored by Representative(s) Newton
- **2019-02-28** Authored by Senator Allen (principal Senate author)
- **2019-03-06** General Order
- **2019-03-06** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 3 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-07** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-07** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** Second Reading referred to Appropriations `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-03-25** Referred to Appr/Sub-Natural Resources and Regulatory Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appr/Sub-Natural Resources and Regulatory Services sub-committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-03** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-03** Title stricken
- **2019-04-03** Emergency clause stricken
- **2019-04-16** General Order, Amended
- **2019-04-16** Title restored
- **2019-04-16** Emergency clause restored
- **2019-04-16** Amendment restored bill to engrossed version `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-04-17** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2019-04-17** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2019-04-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-22** Approved by Governor 04/22/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ec107fb-d444-437e-a8e8-5308ed5c3860`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).