---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic violence; creating the Domestic Violence Court Act of 2017; authorizing counties to establish and maintain domestic violence courts; effective date."
description: "Domestic violence; creating the Domestic Violence Court Act of 2017; authorizing counties to establish and maintain domestic violence courts; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1121"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1121 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bice", "Martinez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5aa59fa8-af26-4197-aef8-f9398d486472"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1121&session=1800"
source_hash: "ee791ed2bdfac6377ad28dcab6a70e88938e7bcb82b4172a4376d8822638934e"
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 1121 (2017-2018) — Domestic violence; creating the Domestic Violence Court Act of 2017; authorizing counties to establish and maintain domestic violence courts; 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/hB/HB1121 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1121 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB1121 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB1121 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB1121 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB1121 SFLR.PDF)
7. **Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCSH/HB1121 SCSH.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **85–10** (pass) · lower
- FOURTH READING — **88–3** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bice — primary (person)
- Martinez — 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 Representative Biggs
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Criminal Justice and Corrections `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** CR; Do Pass Judiciary - Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-14** General Order
- **2017-02-14** Remove Representative Biggs as principal House author and substitute with Representative Martinez
- **2017-02-14** Coauthored by Representative(s) Biggs
- **2017-02-14** Authored by Senator Bice (principal Senate author)
- **2017-02-14** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 10 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-14** Notice served to reconsider vote by Representative Martinez
- **2017-02-16** Motion expired
- **2017-02-16** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-02-20** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-02-20** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-14** Second Reading referred to Judiciary Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-11** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12** Coauthored by Senator Loveless
- **2017-04-12** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-12** Title stricken
- **2017-04-12** Coauthored by Senator Bergstrom
- **2017-04-25** General Order, Amended
- **2017-04-25** Title restored
- **2017-04-25** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-26** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-04-26** SA's received
- **2017-05-08** SA's read, adopted
- **2017-05-08** Coauthored by Senator(s) Pittman
- **2017-05-08** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2017-05-08** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-09** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2017-05-09** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2017-05-09** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-15** Approved by Governor 05/15/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5aa59fa8-af26-4197-aef8-f9398d486472`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).