---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and occupations; Fire Extinguisher Industry Committee; modifying meeting procedures; effective date."
description: "Professions and occupations; Fire Extinguisher Industry Committee; modifying meeting procedures; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1298"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1298 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paxton", "Sears"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2018-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c96de082-06b5-4c57-b46f-1ecfa33d9cb0"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1298&session=1800"
source_hash: "58c82537dfbb4178a80f8c7fb687d585b136783c1219bf3ec8e98a5be2f56276"
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 1298 (2017-2018) — Professions and occupations; Fire Extinguisher Industry Committee; modifying meeting procedures; 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/HB1298 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1298 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB1298 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB1298 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB1298 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB1298 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **84–0** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **39–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paxton — primary (person)
- Sears — 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 Sears
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** CR; Do Pass Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-21** General Order
- **2017-02-21** Authored by Senator Paxton (principal Senate author)
- **2017-02-21** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-21** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-02-22** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-02-22** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-20** Second Reading referred to Business, Commerce and Tourism `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05** Reported Do Pass as amended Business, Commerce and Tourism committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-17** General Order, Considered
- **2018-04-17** Measure passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-17** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-04-18** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2018-04-18** SA's received
- **2018-04-19** SA's read, adopted
- **2018-04-19** Coauthored by Senator(s) Pittman
- **2018-04-19** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-19** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-04-23** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2018-04-23** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2018-04-23** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-26** Approved by Governor 04/26/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c96de082-06b5-4c57-b46f-1ecfa33d9cb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).