---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revenue and taxation; Oklahoma Pet Overpopulation Fund; income tax return checkoff; effective date."
description: "Revenue and taxation; Oklahoma Pet Overpopulation Fund; income tax return checkoff; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2716"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2716 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fields", "Teague"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3457810-6b9d-45e1-9d1c-484217cb9284"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2716&session=1800"
source_hash: "d530135c76730d8950b664caebc96a47f8e0c3b23a78d291cb484df9779ab543"
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 2716 (2017-2018) — Revenue and taxation; Oklahoma Pet Overpopulation Fund; income tax return checkoff; 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/HB2716 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB2716 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB2716 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB2716 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB2716 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **74–11** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **37–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fields — primary (person)
- Teague — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Authored by Representative Teague
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** Remove Representative Teague as principal House author and substitute with Representative Echols
- **2018-03-01** Authored by Senator Fields (principal Senate author)
- **2018-03-08** General Order
- **2018-03-08** Remove Representative Echols as principal House author and substitute with Representative Teague
- **2018-03-08** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 74 Nays: 11 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-03-12** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2018-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-20** Second Reading referred to Appropriations `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-04** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-04** Title stricken
- **2018-04-19** General Order, Amended
- **2018-04-19** Title restored
- **2018-04-19** Amendment restored bill to engrossed version `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-19** Measure passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 6 `passage`
- **2018-04-19** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2018-04-19** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-04-23** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2018-04-23** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2018-04-23** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-26** Approved by Governor 04/26/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3457810-6b9d-45e1-9d1c-484217cb9284`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).