---
type: "Bill"
title: "Trusts; creating the Task Force on Trust Administration Review and Reform; effective date."
description: "Trusts; creating the Task Force on Trust Administration Review and Reform; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 3973"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3973 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Echols", "Pugh"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71d14b8b-0031-48dc-9153-448c9eb6f3a6"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3973&session=2400"
source_hash: "05eb41a7f70a158d7821726c6c790397eb0843bf4240653cc721f9d8d03a6182"
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 3973 (2024) — Trusts; creating the Task Force on Trust Administration Review and Reform; 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/HB3973 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB3973 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB3973 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB3973 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB3973 SFLR.PDF)
6. **HB3973 FULLPCS1 JON ECHOLS-LRB.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3973 FULLPCS1 JON ECHOLS-LRB.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3973 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **82–13** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **34–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **42–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Echols — primary (person)
- Pugh — 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`
- **2024-02-28** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2024-02-28** Referred to Appropriations and Budget `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29** Authored by Senator Pugh (principal Senate author)
- **2024-03-12** General Order
- **2024-03-12** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 82 Nays: 13 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-12** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-13** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-13** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-19** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-24** General Order, Considered
- **2024-04-24** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-04-25** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2024-04-25** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2024-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-30** Approved by Governor 04/30/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71d14b8b-0031-48dc-9153-448c9eb6f3a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).