---
type: "Bill"
title: "Obscene material; making certain acts unlawful; codification; emergency."
description: "Obscene material; making certain acts unlawful; codification; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1217"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1217 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bullard", "West (Kevin)"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1ddd388-ad0b-43b7-b14a-d3de9d105a93"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1217&session=2600"
source_hash: "4815e9f1ce401f40cd9c7c4d9a2011ea828d029521da498491b5cd3f8e3f7fda"
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 1217 (2026) — Obscene material; making certain acts unlawful; codification; 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/HB1217 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB1217 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB1217 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB1217 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB1217 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Criminal Judiciary Committee: Do Pass — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **10–3** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–8** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **79–17** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- Advance — **29–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bullard — primary (person)
- West (Kevin) — 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 West (Kevin)
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Criminal Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Criminal Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19** Authored by Senator Bullard (principal Senate author)
- **2025-02-27** CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-25** General Order
- **2025-03-25** Coauthored by Representative(s) Maynard
- **2025-03-25** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 79 Nays: 17 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-26** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-26** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-24** Placed on General Order
- **2025-05-01** Coauthored by Senator Deevers
- **2025-05-01** Coauthored by Senator Hamilton
- **2025-05-01** General Order, Considered
- **2025-05-01** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 8 `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-05** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-05-05** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2025-05-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12** Approved by Governor 05/09/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1ddd388-ad0b-43b7-b14a-d3de9d105a93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).