---
type: "Bill"
title: "Counties and county officers; authorizing outside counsel in a deputy-involved shooting incident; effective date."
description: "Counties and county officers; authorizing outside counsel in a deputy-involved shooting incident; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2231"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2231 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mulready", "Newberry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efb5bea0-1ca7-4267-aae9-113d37b91f3e"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2231&session=1800"
source_hash: "ae8745e68513d38ddcf23e07a74e843b3d3581eb26e450636af36d074af9e4af"
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 2231 (2017-2018) — Counties and county officers; authorizing outside counsel in a deputy-involved shooting incident; 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/HB2231 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB2231 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB2231 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB2231 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB2231 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **69–15** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **36–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mulready — primary (person)
- Newberry — 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 Mulready
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to County and Municipal Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** CR; Do Pass County and Municipal Government Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-20** General Order
- **2017-03-20** Authored by Senator Newberry (principal Senate author)
- **2017-03-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-20** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 69 Nays: 15 `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 General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10** Reported Do Pass General Government committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-19** General Order, Considered
- **2017-04-19** Measure passed: Ayes: 36 Nays: 4 `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-04-20** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2017-04-20** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2017-04-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-26** Approved by Governor 04/26/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efb5bea0-1ca7-4267-aae9-113d37b91f3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).