---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act; procedures for certain actions. Effective date."
description: "Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act; procedures for certain actions. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 723"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 723 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffin", "Ownbey"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ddd5c1c-99d0-4ddc-b5df-9aca64d2bfdb"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB723&session=1800"
source_hash: "ae3058ceffd868f62bedca7537dbd423da87b243f67b9e775f2ca48f4f809f20"
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 SB 723 (2017-2018) — Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act; procedures for certain actions. 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/SB/SB723 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB723 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB723 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB723 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB723 SFLR.PDF)
6. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB723 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **89–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Griffin — primary (person)
- Ownbey — 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 Senator Griffin
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** coauthored by Ownbey (principal House author)
- **2017-02-27** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-22** General Order, Considered
- **2017-03-22** Measure passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-22** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-23** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-23** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** Second Reading referred to Children, Youth and Family Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12** CR; Do Pass Children, Youth and Family Services Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-12** Coauthored by Senator(s) Pittman
- **2017-04-18** General Order
- **2017-04-18** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-18** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-04-18** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-04-19** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-04-19** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-04-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-25** Approved by Governor 04/25/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ddd5c1c-99d0-4ddc-b5df-9aca64d2bfdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).