---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children; lowering age of children at summer youth camp exempt from act; adding exemption for certain child care facilities; emergency."
description: "Children; lowering age of children at summer youth camp exempt from act; adding exemption for certain child care facilities; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1491"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1491 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marlatt", "Newton"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7f6cab3-ef54-4bed-aea0-89cd5631a85e"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1491&session=1800"
source_hash: "8a4a3e463b964c11a0085d3388643f30b2e5b4032e7b20fa5ac1e2d570afced3"
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 1491 (2017-2018) — Children; lowering age of children at summer youth camp exempt from act; adding exemption for certain child care facilities; emergency.

## 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/HB1491 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1491 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB1491 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB1491 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB1491 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB1491 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCCS/HB1491 CCS2.PDF)

## Votes

- Suspend Rules — **85–2** (pass) · lower
- FOURTH READING — **25–18** (pass) · upper
- Suspend House — **83–1** (pass) · lower
- FOURTH READING — **84–11** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **69–17** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **37–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Marlatt — primary (person)
- Newton — 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 Newton
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Children, Youth and Family Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** CR; Do Pass Children, Youth and Family Services Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-14** General Order
- **2017-03-14** Authored by Senator Marlatt (principal Senate author)
- **2017-03-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-14** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 69 Nays: 17 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-14** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-20** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03** Reported Do Pass as amended Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-03** Emergency added
- **2017-04-03** Title stricken
- **2017-04-03** Emergency clause stricken
- **2017-04-03** Enacting clause stricken
- **2017-04-26** General Order, Amended
- **2017-04-26** Title restored
- **2017-04-26** Emergency clause restored
- **2017-04-26** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 5 `passage`
- **2017-04-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-27** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-04-27** SA's received
- **2017-05-01** SA's rejected, conference requested, naming Conference Committee on Children, Youth and Family Services
- **2017-05-08** Conference granted, SCs named Marlatt, Yen, McCortney, Pugh, Bice, Sparks, Dossett
- **2017-05-19** CCR submitted
- **2017-05-19** Enacting clause restored
- **2017-05-23** CCR rejected, further conference requested, same conferees
- **2017-05-24** House Rule suspended
- **2017-05-24** 2 CCR submitted
- **2017-05-25** House Rule suspended
- **2017-05-25** 2 CCR adopted
- **2017-05-25** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 11 `passage`
- **2017-05-25** To Senate
- **2017-05-25** 2 CCR read
- **2017-05-26** 2 CCR adopted
- **2017-05-26** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 25 Nays: 18 `passage`
- **2017-05-26** Emergency passed: Ayes: 33 Nays: 10
- **2017-05-26** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-26** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2017-05-26** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2017-05-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-26** Approved by Governor 06/06/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7f6cab3-ef54-4bed-aea0-89cd5631a85e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).