---
type: "Bill"
title: "Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; modifying Board membership; effective date."
description: "Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; modifying Board membership; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1708"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1708 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ritze", "Yen"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f0f5c3b-5e86-45fa-ac15-ff5b53407ed8"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1708&session=1800"
source_hash: "2f3f51a533d461e5725fe2282fad1639955003a3631675dcbb8cd96ef1f6cf63"
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 1708 (2017-2018) — Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; modifying Board membership; 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/HB1708 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1708 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB1708 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB1708 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB1708 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB1708 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1708 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **90–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ritze — primary (person)
- Yen — 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 Ritze
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Public Health `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Health Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-14** Authored by Senator Yen (principal Senate author)
- **2017-03-06** General Order
- **2017-03-06** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-06** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-07** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-03-07** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-07** coauthored by Brumbaugh
- **2017-03-20** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-25** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2017-04-25** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-26** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-04-26** SA's received
- **2017-05-09** SA's read, adopted
- **2017-05-09** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-10** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2017-05-10** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2017-05-10** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-16** Approved by Governor 05/16/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f0f5c3b-5e86-45fa-ac15-ff5b53407ed8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).