---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil procedure; deleting mailing requirement; effective date."
description: "Civil procedure; deleting mailing requirement; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1618"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1618 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gollihare", "Worthen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f30ffa1-4759-4ba2-a4b1-1989ca65fac6"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1618&session=2300"
source_hash: "0c4d93bd5eadc93baf7106d414936c6f695c66254584aa6e5db38dab141f0426"
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 1618 (2023) — Civil procedure; deleting mailing requirement; 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/HB1618 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB1618 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB1618 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB1618 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB1618 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Gollihare — primary (person)
- Worthen — 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 Worthen
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Civil `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** CR; Do Pass Judiciary - Civil Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01** General Order
- **2023-03-01** Authored by Senator Gollihare (principal Senate author)
- **2023-03-01** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 96 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-02** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-02** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-17** General Order, Considered
- **2023-04-17** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 2 `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/1f30ffa1-4759-4ba2-a4b1-1989ca65fac6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).