---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure; death penalty; provisions of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act inapplicable to certain entity or persons participating in the execution process; effective date."
description: "Criminal procedure; death penalty; provisions of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act inapplicable to certain entity or persons participating in the execution process; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1679"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1679 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sykes", "Wright"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2714038-7949-4485-82df-43a374063a7d"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1679&session=1800"
source_hash: "af72d0ca83e62b780652c3b06f7f281ce76ef42cc87aa2315fded2b990832e4e"
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 1679 (2017-2018) — Criminal procedure; death penalty; provisions of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act inapplicable to certain entity or persons participating in the execution process; 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/HB1679 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1679 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB1679 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB1679 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB1679 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB1679 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1679 CS.PDF)
8. **House Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCCS/HB1679 CCS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **40–1** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **74–22** (pass) · lower
- FOURTH READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- FOURTH READING — **83–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sykes — primary (person)
- Wright — 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 Wright
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Criminal Justice and Corrections `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary - Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-16** General Order
- **2017-02-16** Authored by Senator Sykes (principal Senate author)
- **2017-02-16** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 74 Nays: 22 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-16** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-02-20** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-02-20** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-27** coauthored by Jordan
- **2017-03-20** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Reported Do Pass as amended Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-11** Title stricken
- **2017-04-26** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2017-04-26** Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 1 `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 Judiciary - Criminal Justice and Corrections
- **2017-05-09** Conference granted, SCs named Sykes, Dahm, Holt, Smalley, Simpson, Floyd, Pittman
- **2017-05-16** CCR submitted
- **2017-05-16** Title restored
- **2017-05-18** CCR adopted
- **2017-05-18** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 7 `passage`
- **2017-05-18** To Senate
- **2017-05-18** CCR read
- **2017-05-24** CCR adopted
- **2017-05-24** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-24** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-24** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2017-05-24** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2017-05-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-26** Approved by Governor 05/31/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2714038-7949-4485-82df-43a374063a7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).