---
type: "Bill"
title: "Statutes and reports; Administrative Procedures Act; requiring electronic publishing of the Oklahoma Administrative Code and the Oklahoma Register; effective date."
description: "Statutes and reports; Administrative Procedures Act; requiring electronic publishing of the Oklahoma Administrative Code and the Oklahoma Register; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1297"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1297 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Osburn", "Rader"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2024-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5205831c-7c1c-4bc8-86a6-7718129b179e"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1297&session=2400"
source_hash: "b8a94ce0d6436a30bef3fe23a2f194770d932ae3e95a6d70ce9dd11fff52f298"
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 1297 (2024) — Statutes and reports; Administrative Procedures Act; requiring electronic publishing of the Oklahoma Administrative Code and the Oklahoma Register; 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/2023-24 INT/hB/HB1297 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB1297 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB1297 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB1297 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB1297 SFLR.PDF)
6. **HB1297 FULLPCS1 MIKE OSBURN-LRB.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1297 FULLPCS1 MIKE OSBURN-LRB.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1297 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- General Government — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **89–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Osburn — primary (person)
- Rader — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Representative McCall
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** Remove Representative McCall as principal House author and substitute with Representative Osburn
- **2024-02-14** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-04** General Order
- **2024-03-04** Authored by Senator Rader (principal Senate author)
- **2024-03-04** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-05** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-19** Second Reading referred to General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28** Reported Do Pass General Government committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-09** General Order, Considered
- **2024-04-09** Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-04-10** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2024-04-10** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2024-04-10** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-15** Approved by Governor 04/15/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5205831c-7c1c-4bc8-86a6-7718129b179e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).