---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and occupations; Dr. Lee Denney Act of 2024; veterinary training program for rural Oklahoma; updating references; prioritizing certain students; emergency."
description: "Professions and occupations; Dr. Lee Denney Act of 2024; veterinary training program for rural Oklahoma; updating references; prioritizing certain students; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 3196"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3196 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jech", "Newton"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54643e13-e3ed-4123-9a19-9219ec01c378"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3196&session=2400"
source_hash: "499c99f1274139affe1a6f65e1a65e6255bc64b9ae087b6c7a4b740c4a0e0a53"
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 3196 (2024) — Professions and occupations; Dr. Lee Denney Act of 2024; veterinary training program for rural Oklahoma; updating references; prioritizing certain students; 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/2023-24 INT/hB/HB3196 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by CALDWELL (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB3196 FA1 CALDWELLCH-JL(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB3196 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB3196 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB3196 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB3196 SFLR.PDF)
7. **HB3196 FULLPCS1 CARL NEWTON-JL.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3196 FULLPCS1 CARL NEWTON-JL.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3196 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- Agriculture & Rural Affairs — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Suspend House Rules — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **41–2** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Rural Development Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jech — primary (person)
- Newton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** Authored by Representative Newton
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading referred to Rural Development `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rural Development Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-15** Coauthored by Representative(s) Archer
- **2024-02-15** Authored by Senator Jech (principal Senate author)
- **2024-02-26** General Order
- **2024-02-26** Coauthored by Senator(s) Pederson
- **2024-02-26** House Rule suspended
- **2024-02-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-02-27** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2024-02-27** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-19** Second Reading referred to Agriculture and Rural Affairs `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** Reported Do Pass Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-24** General Order, Considered
- **2024-04-24** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-04-25** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2024-04-25** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2024-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-29** Approved by Governor 04/29/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54643e13-e3ed-4123-9a19-9219ec01c378`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).