---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical marijuana; requiring owners and employees of medical marijuana licensed businesses to submit to criminal background checks; emergency."
description: "Medical marijuana; requiring owners and employees of medical marijuana licensed businesses to submit to criminal background checks; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1734"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1734 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garvin", "Townley"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2024-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c568a4c-c9ca-4e39-a876-646c386840fe"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1734&session=2400"
source_hash: "92d0257233e108f10cb759d152e7f2e952cce1d80d13eb343d7329ae30aa8e6e"
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 1734 (2024) — Medical marijuana; requiring owners and employees of medical marijuana licensed businesses to submit to criminal background checks; emergency.

## 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/HB1734 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1734 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB1734 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB1734 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB1734 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB1734 SFLR.PDF)
7. **HB1734 (4-23-24) (GARVIN) FS FA2.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1734 (4-23-24) (GARVIN) FS FA2.PDF)
8. **HB1734 (4-24-23) (GARVIN) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1734 (4-24-23) (GARVIN) FS FA1.PDF)
9. **HB1734 (4-24-23) (GARVIN) FS WDFA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1734 (4-24-23) (GARVIN) FS WDFA1.PDF)

## Votes

- Business & Commerce — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- Alcohol, Tobacco And Controlled Substances Committee: Do Pass — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **82–4** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **42–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Garvin — primary (person)
- Townley — 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 Townley
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** CR; Do Pass Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07** General Order
- **2023-03-07** Authored by Senator Garvin (principal Senate author)
- **2023-03-07** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-08** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-08** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Coauthored by Representative Pittman
- **2023-03-14** Coauthored by Representative Roe
- **2023-03-23** Second Reading referred to Business and Commerce `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Reported Do Pass Business and Commerce committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-25** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2024-04-25** Emergency added
- **2024-04-25** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2024-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-04-29** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2024-04-29** SA's received
- **2024-05-30** SA's read, adopted
- **2024-05-30** Remove as coauthor Representative(s) Pittman
- **2024-05-30** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 82 Nays: 4 `passage`
- **2024-05-30** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2024-05-30** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-30** Approved by Governor 06/14/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c568a4c-c9ca-4e39-a876-646c386840fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).