---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture; authorizing the State Veterinarian to allow imports of cervidae from a Canadian province with Chronic Wasting Disease; approval; effective date."
description: "Agriculture; authorizing the State Veterinarian to allow imports of cervidae from a Canadian province with Chronic Wasting Disease; approval; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2885"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2885 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West (Josh)"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/685e5782-7992-4aa0-867a-3024ecbcdd6a"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2885&session=1800"
source_hash: "6398d37071b8c038cea22aa71af07f5f2103432b41c996cb16f837cf307db7ad"
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 2885 (2017-2018) — Agriculture; authorizing the State Veterinarian to allow imports of cervidae from a Canadian province with Chronic Wasting Disease; approval; 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/HB2885 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB2885 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB2885 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB2885 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB2885 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2885 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **37–4** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **88–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- West (Josh) — 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 West (Josh)
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2018-02-20** Referred to Agriculture and Rural Development `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Agriculture and Rural Development Committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-08** General Order
- **2018-03-08** Authored by Senator Murdock (principal Senate author)
- **2018-03-08** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 0 `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 Agriculture and Wildlife `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** Reported Do Pass Agriculture and Wildlife committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-16** General Order, Considered
- **2018-04-16** Measure passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 4 `passage`
- **2018-04-16** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2018-04-16** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-04-17** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2018-04-17** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2018-04-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-23** Approved by Governor 04/23/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/685e5782-7992-4aa0-867a-3024ecbcdd6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).