---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil procedure; The Small Claims Procedure Act; authorizing certain entities to represent themselves in small claims actions; effective date."
description: "Civil procedure; The Small Claims Procedure Act; authorizing certain entities to represent themselves in small claims actions; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1611"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1611 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Osburn", "Standridge"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2024-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76782874-af41-4080-8b2b-fdba00866ce5"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1611&session=2400"
source_hash: "2bff010eaf294fa74381c0da8c4b5647c4b2f76c46b7d11ba8b1d48f8076841f"
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 1611 (2024) — Civil procedure; The Small Claims Procedure Act; authorizing certain entities to represent themselves in small claims actions; 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/HB1611 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB1611 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB1611 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB1611 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB1611 SFLR.PDF)
6. **HB1611 FULLPCS1 MIKE OSBURN-LRB.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1611 FULLPCS1 MIKE OSBURN-LRB.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1611 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- Judiciary — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **83–0** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary - Civil Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Osburn — primary (person)
- Standridge — 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 Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** Remove Representative Martinez as principal House author and substitute with Representative Osburn
- **2024-02-07** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2024-02-07** Referred to Judiciary - Civil `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary - Civil Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-11** General Order
- **2024-03-11** Authored by Senator Standridge (principal Senate author)
- **2024-03-11** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-12** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-19** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-17** General Order, Considered
- **2024-04-17** Measure passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 5 `passage`
- **2024-04-17** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2024-04-17** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-04-18** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2024-04-18** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2024-04-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-24** Approved by Governor 04/23/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76782874-af41-4080-8b2b-fdba00866ce5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).