---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher education; Oklahoma College Athletic Conference Act; Oklahoma NCAA Division II Athletic Conference Exploration Commission; emergency."
description: "Higher education; Oklahoma College Athletic Conference Act; Oklahoma NCAA Division II Athletic Conference Exploration Commission; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1017"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1017 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moore", "Rader"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5b56ccc-c3cc-40ad-8642-f69001d7a8dd"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1017&session=2600"
source_hash: "33fea035f661a5a529cd83ab0502fce2e46bf642192630b180653920264253fb"
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 1017 (2026) — Higher education; Oklahoma College Athletic Conference Act; Oklahoma NCAA Division II Athletic Conference Exploration Commission; emergency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 INT/hB/HB1017 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB1017 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB1017 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB1017 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB1017 SFLR.PDF)
6. **HB1017 (4-23-25) (RADER) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1017 (4-23-25) (RADER) RT FA1.PDF)

## Votes

- Advance — **38–6** (pass) · upper
- Appropriations — **21–1** (pass) · upper
- Education — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **32–13** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **78–13** (pass) · lower
- Education Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Emergency — **32–12** (pass) · upper
- Postsecondary Education Committee: Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Moore — primary (person)
- Rader — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Authored by Representative Moore
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Education Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Postsecondary Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Postsecondary Education `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-11** Coauthored by Representative(s) Boles
- **2025-02-26** CR; Do Pass Education Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04** General Order
- **2025-03-04** Authored by Senator Rader (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-04** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 78 Nays: 13 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-05** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-05** Coauthored by Representative Deck
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Coauthored by Senator Pederson
- **2025-04-08** Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-08** Title stricken
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** Reported Do Pass Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-21** Placed on General Order
- **2025-04-29** General Order, Amended
- **2025-04-29** Title restored
- **2025-04-29** Amendment restored bill to engrossed version `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-29** Measure passed: Ayes: 32 Nays: 13 `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Emergency passed: Ayes: 32 Nays: 12
- **2025-04-29** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-04-30** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-04-30** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2025-04-30** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-07** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/07/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5b56ccc-c3cc-40ad-8642-f69001d7a8dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).