---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans; requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to create a veterans' registry; hunting and fishing licenses; effective dates."
description: "Veterans; requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to create a veterans' registry; hunting and fishing licenses; effective dates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1198"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1198 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hardin", "Simpson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dde38532-7a0c-454a-aa7a-0b4982d2ea5a"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1198&session=1800"
source_hash: "bfe926ca0e5be7b948b7da9eb252033f02747461389cfd8ff058c6c9f42bbee9"
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 1198 (2017-2018) — Veterans; requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to create a veterans' registry; hunting and fishing licenses; effective dates.

## 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/HB1198 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1198 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB1198 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB1198 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB1198 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB1198 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1198 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **83–0** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hardin — primary (person)
- Simpson — 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 Hardin
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Veterans and Military Affairs Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-02** Authored by Senator Simpson (principal Senate author)
- **2017-03-20** General Order
- **2017-03-20** Coauthored by Representative(s) McDugle
- **2017-03-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-20** Title stricken
- **2017-03-20** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-20** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-21** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-03-21** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Reported Do Pass as amended Veterans and Military Affairs committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-06** Enacting clause stricken
- **2017-04-06** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12** Reported Do Pass Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-25** General Order, Amended
- **2017-04-25** Title restored
- **2017-04-25** Enacting clause restored
- **2017-04-25** Measure passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-26** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-04-26** SA's received
- **2017-05-04** SA's read, adopted
- **2017-05-04** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-08** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2017-05-08** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2017-05-08** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-15** Approved by Governor 05/12/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dde38532-7a0c-454a-aa7a-0b4982d2ea5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).