---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil procedure; statute of limitations for civil actions; striking gross negligence standard for certain damages; court costs and attorney fees; Discovery Code; limitations on scope of discovery; effective date."
description: "Civil procedure; statute of limitations for civil actions; striking gross negligence standard for certain damages; court costs and attorney fees; Discovery Code; limitations on scope of discovery; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1570"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1570 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Echols", "Holt"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15e38922-f65c-41bf-9d56-250645a12c4f"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1570&session=1800"
source_hash: "72d7f9b82d1e7194e12aecaea7ff54563a9382dc3feefede502a103e1dd3aa17"
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 1570 (2017-2018) — Civil procedure; statute of limitations for civil actions; striking gross negligence standard for certain damages; court costs and attorney fees; Discovery Code; limitations on scope of discovery; 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/HB1570 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1570 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB1570 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB1570 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB1570 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB1570 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1570 CS.PDF)
8. **House Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCCS/HB1570 CCS.PDF)
9. **Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCSH/HB1570 SCSH.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FOURTH READING — **39–4** (pass) · upper
- SUSPEND HOUSE — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **76–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Echols — primary (person)
- Holt — 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 Echols
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Civil and Environmental `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary - Civil and Environmental Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-01** Authored by Senator Holt (principal Senate author)
- **2017-03-22** General Order
- **2017-03-22** House Rule suspended
- **2017-03-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-22** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 76 Nays: 1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-22** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-23** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-03-23** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** Second Reading referred to Business, Commerce and Tourism `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business, Commerce and Tourism committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-12** Title stricken
- **2017-04-26** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2017-04-26** Title restored
- **2017-04-26** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-27** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-04-27** SA's received
- **2017-05-04** SA's rejected, conference requested, naming Conference Committee on Judiciary - Civil and Environmental
- **2017-05-09** Conference granted, SCs named Holt, Newberry, Leewright, Daniels, Bice, Sparks, Floyd
- **2017-05-22** CCR submitted
- **2017-05-24** CCR adopted
- **2017-05-24** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 97 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-24** To Senate
- **2017-05-24** CCR read
- **2017-05-25** Coauthored by Senator Sparks
- **2017-05-25** Coauthored by Senator Floyd
- **2017-05-25** CCR adopted
- **2017-05-25** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 39 Nays: 4 `passage`
- **2017-05-25** 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/15e38922-f65c-41bf-9d56-250645a12c4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).