---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans Homes; establishing State Veterans Home at Sallisaw; broadening allowed uses of certain proceeds. Emergency."
description: "Veterans Homes; establishing State Veterans Home at Sallisaw; broadening allowed uses of certain proceeds. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 1707"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1707 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hamilton", "Kannady"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c71890dc-7e16-4933-962d-8681d516fb25"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1707&session=2400"
source_hash: "090661eb8d484a837a661ef6fce86525892d69534ced4d8431b1fb84b6e2661b"
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 SB 1707 (2024) — Veterans Homes; establishing State Veterans Home at Sallisaw; broadening allowed uses of certain proceeds. 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/SB/SB1707 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1707 PCS.PDF)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB1707 CS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB1707 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB1707 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB1707 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB1707 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Emergency — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- Veterans & Military Affairs: Amd Sb1707 Pcs , Motion By Senator - Adopted (Request No: 3469) — **7–3** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **80–4** (pass) · lower
- Veterans And Military Affairs Committee: Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hamilton — primary (person)
- Kannady — 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 Senator Gollihare
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Veterans and Military Affairs committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-13** Coauthored by Representative Kannady (principal House author)
- **2024-02-29** Remove as author Senator Gollihare; authored by Senator Hamilton
- **2024-02-29** Coauthored by Senator Gollihare
- **2024-03-14** General Order, Considered
- **2024-03-14** Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Emergency passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 0
- **2024-03-14** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-18** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2024-03-18** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-25** Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** CR; Do Pass Veterans and Military Affairs Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-16** General Order
- **2024-04-16** Coauthored by Representative(s) McDugle
- **2024-04-16** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 4 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-16** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-16** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-04-17** Enrolled, to House
- **2024-04-17** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-22** Approved by Governor 04/19/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c71890dc-7e16-4933-962d-8681d516fb25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).