---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child care facilities; criminal history checks; requiring notification when there is a substantiated finding of heinous and shocking abuse; effective date."
description: "Child care facilities; criminal history checks; requiring notification when there is a substantiated finding of heinous and shocking abuse; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1797"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1797 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garvin", "Miller"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 35
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8746cf7d-061f-4177-87f1-274d473581ac"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1797&session=2100"
source_hash: "cb85f276b50884e447419d2dbbcb328940e2758f6bfcd7e2567a615ef31beb34"
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 1797 (2021) — Child care facilities; criminal history checks; requiring notification when there is a substantiated finding of heinous and shocking abuse; 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/2021-22 INT/hB/HB1797 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by MILLER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB1797 FA1 MILLERNI-EK.PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1797 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1797 CA1.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB1797 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB1797 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB1797 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB1797 SFLR.PDF)
9. **HB1797 FULLPCS1 NICOLE MILLER-EK.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1797 FULLPCS1 NICOLE MILLER-EK.PDF)
10. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1797 CS.PDF)
11. **House Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCCS/HB1797 CCS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Garvin — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Authored by Representative Miller
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Children, Youth and Family Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Children, Youth and Family Services Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-17** Coauthored by Representative(s) Lawson
- **2021-03-03** General Order
- **2021-03-03** Authored by Senator Garvin (principal Senate author)
- **2021-03-03** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-03** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 96 Nays: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-03** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-04** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-04** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** Reported Do Pass as amended Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14** General Order, Considered
- **2021-04-14** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-04-15** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-04-15** SA's received
- **2021-04-27** SA's failed
- **2021-04-27** Ayes: 35 Nays: 53
- **2021-04-27** SA's rejected, conference requested, naming Conference Committee on Children, Youth and Family Services
- **2021-05-04** Conference granted, SCs named Garvin, McCortney, Simpson, Haste, Hicks, Dossett (J.A.)
- **2021-05-11** CCR submitted
- **2021-05-14** CCR adopted
- **2021-05-14** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 75 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2021-05-14** To Senate
- **2021-05-14** CCR read
- **2021-05-24** CCR adopted
- **2021-05-24** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 46 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-05-25** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2021-05-25** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2021-05-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-27** Approved by Governor 05/28/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8746cf7d-061f-4177-87f1-274d473581ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).