---
type: "Bill"
title: "Welfare; creating the Act to Restore Hope, Opportunity and Prosperity for Everyone or the HOPE Act; effective date."
description: "Welfare; creating the Act to Restore Hope, Opportunity and Prosperity for Everyone or the HOPE Act; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1270"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1270 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leewright", "ODonnell"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88124cdd-f44c-4d01-9f24-bf3076f15acb"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1270&session=1800"
source_hash: "2440b1915f7b631fc4321d379d83c8c712b0b47fa8f74b6fe588bca651cfe85a"
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 1270 (2017-2018) — Welfare; creating the Act to Restore Hope, Opportunity and Prosperity for Everyone or the HOPE Act; 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/HB1270 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1270 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB1270 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB1270 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB1270 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB1270 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1270 CS.PDF)
8. **Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCSH/HB1270 SCSH.PDF)

## Votes

- SHALL DECISION OF — **63–28** (pass) · lower
- FOURTH READING — **62–32** (pass) · lower
- SUSPEND HOUSE — **73–13** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT SENATE — **60–26** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **39–5** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **63–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leewright — primary (person)
- ODonnell — 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 Hall
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-22** General Order
- **2017-03-22** Authored by Senator Leewright (principal Senate author)
- **2017-03-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-22** Title stricken
- **2017-03-22** House Rule suspended
- **2017-03-22** Laid over
- **2017-03-22** Considered
- **2017-03-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-22** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 63 Nays: 25 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-22** Notice served to reconsider vote by Representative Hall
- **2017-03-23** Motion expired
- **2017-03-23** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-27** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-03-27** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-10** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12** Coauthored by Senator Brecheen
- **2017-04-12** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-12** Title stricken
- **2017-04-26** General Order, Amended
- **2017-04-26** Title restored
- **2017-04-26** Measure passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 5 `passage`
- **2017-04-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-27** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-04-27** SA's received
- **2018-03-14** SA's read, adopted
- **2018-03-14** Ayes: 60 Nays: 26
- **2018-03-14** Remove Representative Hall as principal House author and substitute with Representative ODonnell
- **2018-03-14** Coauthored by Representative(s) Mulready
- **2018-03-14** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 62 Nays: 32 `passage`
- **2018-03-14** Notice served to reconsider vote by Representative ODonnell
- **2018-03-14** Motion to reconsider tabled
- **2018-03-14** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-03-15** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2018-03-15** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2018-03-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-19** Approved by Governor 03/16/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88124cdd-f44c-4d01-9f24-bf3076f15acb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).