---
type: "Bill"
title: "Aircraft and airports; Aircraft Pilot and Passenger Protection Act; specifying standards; effective date."
description: "Aircraft and airports; Aircraft Pilot and Passenger Protection Act; specifying standards; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2179"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2179 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newhouse", "Ortega"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e053b5a-f0b5-4959-af11-768e0406634b"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2179&session=1800"
source_hash: "d98b094002196e29d405677252dba07face96813aff6a4d8e43773990f52d6dd"
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 2179 (2017-2018) — Aircraft and airports; Aircraft Pilot and Passenger Protection Act; specifying standards; 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/HB2179 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB2179 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB2179 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB2179 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB2179 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **39–2** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Newhouse — primary (person)
- Ortega — 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 Ortega
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Business, Commerce and Tourism `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** CR; Do Pass Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-13** General Order
- **2017-03-13** Authored by Senator Newhouse (principal Senate author)
- **2017-03-13** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 96 Nays: 0 `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 Transportation `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Reported Do Pass Transportation committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-10** General Order, Considered
- **2017-04-10** Measure passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-04-11** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2017-04-11** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2017-04-11** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-13** Approved by Governor 04/13/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e053b5a-f0b5-4959-af11-768e0406634b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).