---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental health; allowing certain tracts to be sold if certain determination is made; effective date."
description: "Mental health; allowing certain tracts to be sold if certain determination is made; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1696"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1696 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martin", "Standridge"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf4baddf-95c6-4f91-8367-6075618a5f40"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1696&session=1800"
source_hash: "b49f934dd0770503ca007c0a918cbfd61843b363b909bf4b6e6958f9efc05738"
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 1696 (2017-2018) — Mental health; allowing certain tracts to be sold if certain determination is made; 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/HB1696 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB1696 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB1696 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB1696 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB1696 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **86–8** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Martin — primary (person)
- Standridge — 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 Martin
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-28** CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-20** General Order
- **2017-03-20** Authored by Senator Standridge (principal Senate author)
- **2017-03-20** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 8 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-20** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-21** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-03-21** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Appropriations `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Referred to Appr/Sub-Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Withdrawn from Appr/Sub-Health committee
- **2017-04-04** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-05** Title stricken
- **2017-04-05** Enacting clause stricken
- **2017-04-24** General Order, Amended
- **2017-04-24** Title restored
- **2017-04-24** Enacting clause restored
- **2017-04-24** Amendment restored bill to engrossed version `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-24** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-24** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2017-04-24** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-04-25** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2017-04-25** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2017-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-01** Approved by Governor 05/01/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf4baddf-95c6-4f91-8367-6075618a5f40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).