---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contracts; Notice of Opportunity to Repair Act; subjecting requirements to certain contractual agreements; effective date."
description: "Contracts; Notice of Opportunity to Repair Act; subjecting requirements to certain contractual agreements; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1597"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1597 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martinez", "Newhouse"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00743e71-b9a1-48f0-b634-6781a84b4a8a"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1597&session=2300"
source_hash: "7f900398d42e23be07f3db703302dc6766233c7ef945d54e55fd0e5c6402ecbf"
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 1597 (2023) — Contracts; Notice of Opportunity to Repair Act; subjecting requirements to certain contractual agreements; 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/2023-24 INT/hB/HB1597 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB1597 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB1597 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB1597 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB1597 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Martinez — primary (person)
- Newhouse — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Representative Martinez
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Business and Commerce `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** CR; Do Pass Business and Commerce Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Authored by Senator Newhouse (principal Senate author)
- **2023-02-27** General Order
- **2023-02-27** Coauthored by Representative(s) Dollens
- **2023-02-27** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 13 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-02-28** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-02-28** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Second Reading referred to Business and Commerce `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** Reported Do Pass Business and Commerce committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-17** General Order, Considered
- **2023-04-17** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-18** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2023-04-18** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2023-04-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-19** Approved by Governor 04/19/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00743e71-b9a1-48f0-b634-6781a84b4a8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).