---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public safety; Vessel and Motor Registration Act; exempting canoes, kayaks and paddleboats from title and registration requirements; effective date."
description: "Public safety; Vessel and Motor Registration Act; exempting canoes, kayaks and paddleboats from title and registration requirements; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1156"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1156 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leewright", "Worthen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f85a35e6-a6f3-43dc-97dd-ee6831dbaef6"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1156&session=2000"
source_hash: "d34b317046f0e492f7ed1fe9fc4faba28ec5d1970505eaf0378472e8c3f76a75"
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 1156 (2020) — Public safety; Vessel and Motor Registration Act; exempting canoes, kayaks and paddleboats from title and registration requirements; 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/2019-20 INT/hB/HB1156 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB1156 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB1156 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB1156 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB1156 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leewright — primary (person)
- Worthen — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-04** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Authored by Representative Worthen
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** Authored by Senator Leewright (principal Senate author)
- **2019-03-06** General Order
- **2019-03-06** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-07** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-07** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** Second Reading referred to Finance `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** Reported Do Pass Finance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-02** General Order, Considered
- **2019-04-02** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-04-03** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2019-04-03** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2019-04-03** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-04** Approved by Governor 04/04/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f85a35e6-a6f3-43dc-97dd-ee6831dbaef6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).