---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles; driving on roadways; use of the left-hand lane; effective date."
description: "Motor vehicles; driving on roadways; use of the left-hand lane; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2312"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2312 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "McCall"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ece30d8-1cc9-46b9-bd44-20b5abd0be41"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2312&session=1800"
source_hash: "2770c402aa6699bc02049eb79330a29dfa38c9101501b3e093a45b65cd9e976a"
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 2312 (2017-2018) — Motor vehicles; driving on roadways; use of the left-hand lane; 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/HB2312 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB2312 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB2312 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB2312 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB2312 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2312 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **89–2** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **27–18** (pass) · upper
- AMENDMENT — **18–23** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- McCall — 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 McCall
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-07** General Order
- **2017-03-07** Coauthored by Representative(s) Ownbey, Caldwell
- **2017-03-07** Authored by Senator Allen (principal Senate author)
- **2017-03-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-07** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 2 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-07** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-08** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-03-08** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Coauthored by Senator Yen
- **2017-03-20** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Withdrawn from Public Safety committee
- **2017-04-04** Second Reading referred to Transportation `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Reported Do Pass Transportation committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-27** General Order, Considered
- **2017-04-27** Measure passed: Ayes: 27 Nays: 19 `passage`
- **2017-04-27** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2017-04-27** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-01** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2017-05-01** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2017-05-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-08** Approved by Governor 05/05/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ece30d8-1cc9-46b9-bd44-20b5abd0be41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).