---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance; subsidiaries of insurers; confidential notice of proposed divestiture to the Insurance Commissioner; various duties of the Commissioner; repealers; emergency."
description: "Insurance; subsidiaries of insurers; confidential notice of proposed divestiture to the Insurance Commissioner; various duties of the Commissioner; repealers; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2234"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2234 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mulready", "Sparks"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f6113cc-04d9-4b07-8e4f-4b61302bc765"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2234&session=1800"
source_hash: "c6b287aa93869235f94c0b1ab2383d0a47d949c590e317895bf3c7348d40f8c2"
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 2234 (2017-2018) — Insurance; subsidiaries of insurers; confidential notice of proposed divestiture to the Insurance Commissioner; various duties of the Commissioner; repealers; emergency.

## 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/HB2234 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB2234 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB2234 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB2234 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB2234 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB2234 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2234 CS.PDF)
8. **House Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCCS/HB2234 CCS.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **86–1** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **85–6** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **35–5** (pass) · upper
- FOURTH READING — **33–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mulready — primary (person)
- Sparks — 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 Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-21** General Order
- **2017-03-21** Authored by Senator Sparks (principal Senate author)
- **2017-03-21** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 6 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-21** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-22** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-03-22** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Retirement and Insurance `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03** Reported Do Pass as amended Retirement and Insurance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-03** Title stricken
- **2017-04-26** General Order, Considered
- **2017-04-26** Measure passed: Ayes: 35 Nays: 5 `passage`
- **2017-04-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-27** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-04-27** SA's received
- **2017-05-03** SA's rejected, conference requested, naming Conference Committee on Rules
- **2017-05-09** Conference granted, SCs named Sparks, Brown, Quinn, Paxton, Newberry, Pederson, Matthews
- **2017-05-18** CCR submitted
- **2017-05-18** Title restored
- **2017-05-18** Emergency added
- **2017-05-23** CCR adopted
- **2017-05-23** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2017-05-23** To Senate
- **2017-05-23** CCR read
- **2017-05-24** CCR adopted
- **2017-05-24** Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 33 Nays: 11 `passage`
- **2017-05-24** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-25** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2017-05-25** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2017-05-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-26** Approved by Governor 05/31/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f6113cc-04d9-4b07-8e4f-4b61302bc765`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).