---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contracts; Fair Practices of Equipment Manufacturers, Distributors, Wholesalers and Dealers Act; equipment definition; excluding fixtures and related repair parts; effective date."
description: "Contracts; Fair Practices of Equipment Manufacturers, Distributors, Wholesalers and Dealers Act; equipment definition; excluding fixtures and related repair parts; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 3970"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3970 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Echols", "Rader"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faf0c44b-f8ef-427a-9f1e-acd9f0d6b22e"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3970&session=2400"
source_hash: "6e2a4cb0e00dc7dd4f7a9c25ecd748e33ac1ee0d4f62ae4240d8aa3650679b21"
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 3970 (2024) — Contracts; Fair Practices of Equipment Manufacturers, Distributors, Wholesalers and Dealers Act; equipment definition; excluding fixtures and related repair parts; 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/HB3970 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB3970 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB3970 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB3970 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB3970 SFLR.PDF)
6. **HB3970 FULLPCS1 JON ECHOLS-AO.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3970 FULLPCS1 JON ECHOLS-AO.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3970 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **85–0** (pass) · lower
- Business & Commerce — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Business And Commerce Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Echols — primary (person)
- Rader — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** Authored by Representative Echols
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2024-02-15** Referred to Business and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business and Commerce Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22** Authored by Senator Rader (principal Senate author)
- **2024-03-07** General Order
- **2024-03-07** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-11** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-11** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-19** Second Reading referred to Business and Commerce `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** Reported Do Pass Business and Commerce committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-16** General Order, Considered
- **2024-04-16** Measure passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-16** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2024-04-16** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-04-17** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2024-04-17** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2024-04-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-23** Approved by Governor 04/22/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/faf0c44b-f8ef-427a-9f1e-acd9f0d6b22e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).