---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child care facilities; authorizing certain persons to operate the child care facility and retain certain rating; effective date."
description: "Child care facilities; authorizing certain persons to operate the child care facility and retain certain rating; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1968"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1968 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffin", "Teague"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59f7344d-d7d1-48d3-b1a3-dd48e2704b0b"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1968&session=1800"
source_hash: "57e36f5ffb9404eb99891b2dccabdc8f822b73f8ba04221141c09c50d0f0b4c6"
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 1968 (2017-2018) — Child care facilities; authorizing certain persons to operate the child care facility and retain certain rating; 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/HB1968 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1968 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB1968 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB1968 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB1968 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB1968 SFLR.PDF)
7. **Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCSH/HB1968 SCSH.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **39–2** (pass) · upper
- FOURTH READING — **78–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Griffin — primary (person)
- Teague — 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 Jordan
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** CR; Do Pass Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-01** Remove Representative Jordan as principal House author and substitute with Representative Teague
- **2017-03-13** General Order
- **2017-03-13** Authored by Senator Griffin (principal Senate author)
- **2017-03-13** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-13** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-14** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-03-14** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-25** General Order, Considered
- **2017-04-25** Measure passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2017-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-26** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-04-26** SA's received
- **2017-05-04** SA's read, adopted
- **2017-05-04** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 78 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-08** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2017-05-08** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2017-05-08** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-15** Approved by Governor 05/12/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59f7344d-d7d1-48d3-b1a3-dd48e2704b0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).