---
type: "Bill"
title: "Residential Care Act; applications for licensure; inspections and investigations. Effective date."
description: "Residential Care Act; applications for licensure; inspections and investigations. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 774"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 774 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "David"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7885ba78-5892-4294-929e-5d368b4d526c"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB774&session=1800"
source_hash: "b297666bb5efb12d6108d3502829f11d7eab81ff890c56a01156b6c255825528"
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 774 (2017-2018) — Residential Care Act; applications for licensure; inspections and investigations. 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/SB774 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB774 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB774 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB774 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB774 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB774 SFLR.PDF)
7. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB774 CS.PDF)
8. **Senate Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCCS/SB774 CCS.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **77–12** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **36–10** (pass) · upper
- FOURTH READING — **42–2** (pass) · upper
- SUSPEND HOUSE — **69–9** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **75–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)
- David — 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 David
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Reported Do Pass as amended Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-15** Title stricken
- **2017-03-08** Coauthored by Representative Caldwell (principal House author)
- **2017-03-14** General Order, Considered
- **2017-03-14** Measure passed: Ayes: 36 Nays: 10 `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-15** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass as amended Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-19** CR; Do Pass, as amended, Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-19** Enacting clause stricken
- **2017-04-26** General Order
- **2017-04-26** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 75 Nays: 16 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-27** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-04-27** HAs read
- **2017-05-09** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2017-05-11** SCs named GCCA
- **2017-05-15** Conference granted, naming GCCA
- **2017-05-24** CCR read, GCCA
- **2017-05-24** Title restored
- **2017-05-24** Enacting clause restored
- **2017-05-25** CCR adopted, GCCA
- **2017-05-25** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 42 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2017-05-25** CCR submitted
- **2017-05-25** House Rule suspended
- **2017-05-25** CCR adopted
- **2017-05-25** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 77 Nays: 12 `passage`
- **2017-05-25** To Senate
- **2017-05-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-25** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-05-25** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-05-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-31** Approved by Governor 05/31/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7885ba78-5892-4294-929e-5d368b4d526c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).