---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lodging establishments; trespassing; crimes and punishment; landlord and tenant; effective date."
description: "Lodging establishments; trespassing; crimes and punishment; landlord and tenant; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1737"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1737 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Montgomery", "Townley"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea576fe4-58eb-404f-9650-4b4b39071d57"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1737&session=2400"
source_hash: "75b95d6be2227cd9634ec4af04b046ac326d60bb61e139f373990f6827b8a481"
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 1737 (2024) — Lodging establishments; trespassing; crimes and punishment; landlord and tenant; 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/HB1737 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB1737 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB1737 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB1737 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB1737 SFLR.PDF)
6. **HB1737 FULLAMD1 TAMMY TOWNLEY-GRS.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1737 FULLAMD1 TAMMY TOWNLEY-GRS.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1737 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **76–14** (pass) · lower
- Business & Commerce — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **40–6** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary - Criminal Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Montgomery — 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 Judiciary - Criminal `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary - Criminal Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-13** General Order
- **2023-03-13** Authored by Senator Montgomery (principal Senate author)
- **2023-03-13** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 76 Nays: 14 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-13** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-14** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-14** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** 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`
- **2023-04-25** General Order, Considered
- **2023-04-25** Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 6 `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-26** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2023-04-26** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2023-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-02** Approved by Governor 05/02/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea576fe4-58eb-404f-9650-4b4b39071d57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).