---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental health and substance abuse services; peer recovery support specialist; directing Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse to include certain employees rules for certification. Effective date."
description: "Mental health and substance abuse services; peer recovery support specialist; directing Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse to include certain employees rules for certification. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 734"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 734 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffin", "Lawson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/052319a5-1715-46fa-9dec-811b5da57975"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB734&session=1800"
source_hash: "597c9494509b1df5d063351353b5dd93d903ac7c9971547454a6695c0e0bf9a5"
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 734 (2017-2018) — Mental health and substance abuse services; peer recovery support specialist; directing Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse to include certain employees rules for certification. 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/SB734 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB734 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB734 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB734 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB734 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Griffin — primary (person)
- Lawson — 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`
- **2017-02-20** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-01** Coauthored by Representative Lawson (principal House author)
- **2017-03-23** General Order, Considered
- **2017-03-23** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-23** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-27** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-27** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** Second Reading referred to Public Health `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** CR; Do Pass Public Health Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-18** General Order
- **2017-04-18** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 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/052319a5-1715-46fa-9dec-811b5da57975`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).