---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public finance; Agency Performance and Accountability Commission; authorizing Commission to contract with Attorney General for legal advice; emergency."
description: "Public finance; Agency Performance and Accountability Commission; authorizing Commission to contract with Attorney General for legal advice; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 3598"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3598 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCall", "Treat"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 38
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaed6463-0b06-4e10-9806-da54392c8944"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3598&session=1800"
source_hash: "9cf9752ec13e6dbf1bd62a266a94f5bfafb2bf8e6f8a4d6e0e09c9c9522016af"
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 3598 (2017-2018) — Public finance; Agency Performance and Accountability Commission; authorizing Commission to contract with Attorney General for legal advice; 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/HB3598 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB3598 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB3598 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB3598 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB3598 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB3598 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3598 CS.PDF)
8. **House Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCCS/HB3598 CCS.PDF)

## Votes

- RECONSIDER — **68–19** (pass) · lower
- REJECT SENATE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- FOURTH READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- EMERGENCY — **69–18** (pass) · lower
- FOURTH READING — **65–18** (pass) · lower
- EMERGENCY — **67–19** (fail) · lower
- THIRD READING — **68–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCall — primary (person)
- Treat — 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 McCall
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-14** General Order
- **2018-03-14** Authored by Senator Treat (principal Senate author)
- **2018-03-14** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 68 Nays: 17 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-14** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-03-15** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2018-03-15** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-22** 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
- **2018-04-04** Emergency clause stricken
- **2018-04-16** General Order, Considered
- **2018-04-16** Measure passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-16** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-04-17** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2018-04-17** SA's received
- **2018-04-24** SA's rejected, conference requested, naming Conference Committee on Rules
- **2018-04-26** Conference granted, SCs named Treat, Fields, Schulz, David, Thompson, Floyd, Brooks
- **2018-05-01** CCR submitted
- **2018-05-01** Title restored
- **2018-05-01** Emergency added
- **2018-05-02** CCR adopted
- **2018-05-02** Fourth Reading, Measure passed and Emergency failed: Ayes: 65 Nays: 18; Ayes: 67 Nays: 19 `passage`
- **2018-05-02** Notice served to reconsider vote by Representative Echols
- **2018-05-02** Motion to reconsider adopted: Ayes: 68 Nays: 19
- **2018-05-02** Emergency passed: Ayes: 69 Nays: 18
- **2018-05-02** To Senate
- **2018-05-02** CCR read
- **2018-05-03** CCR adopted
- **2018-05-03** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2018-05-03** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-05-03** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2018-05-03** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2018-05-03** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Approved by Governor 05/10/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aaed6463-0b06-4e10-9806-da54392c8944`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).