---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public health and safety; Underground Facilities Damage Prevention Act; definition; application of certain required notification; effective date."
description: "Public health and safety; Underground Facilities Damage Prevention Act; definition; application of certain required notification; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1376"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1376 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marlatt", "Watson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7074aea-90cc-4a5a-9a08-9e22ad27c131"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1376&session=1800"
source_hash: "1a630f4640cbb743f46d262c9d3463dab3ba50c20dfc31f713c7886c0cba0213"
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 1376 (2017-2018) — Public health and safety; Underground Facilities Damage Prevention Act; definition; application of certain required notification; 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/HB1376 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB1376 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB1376 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB1376 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB1376 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- TABLE AMENDMENT — **60–18** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **69–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marlatt — primary (person)
- Watson — 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 Watson
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Utilities `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** CR; Do Pass Utilities Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-08** General Order
- **2017-03-08** Authored by Senator Marlatt (principal Senate author)
- **2017-03-08** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 69 Nays: 23 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-09** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-03-09** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Energy `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Reported Do Pass Energy committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-26** General Order, Considered
- **2017-04-26** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-26** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2017-04-26** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-04-27** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2017-04-27** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2017-04-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-03** Approved by Governor 05/03/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7074aea-90cc-4a5a-9a08-9e22ad27c131`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).