---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and occupations; accountants; education requirements; certificates; effective date."
description: "Professions and occupations; accountants; education requirements; certificates; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4317"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 4317 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Kendrix"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98757af0-58ab-4f04-a866-02509951a732"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB4317&session=2600"
source_hash: "b8ffee864346d662b8b147c6d061c9aac05c8b03d26d9d59e2fe3cb6b1f784c1"
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 4317 (2026) — Professions and occupations; accountants; education requirements; certificates; effective date.

## 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/HB4317 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB4317 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB4317 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB4317 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB4317 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB4317 CS.PDF)
7. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB4317 POLREC.PDF)
8. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB4317 POLPCS1 GERRID KENDRIX-TKR.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Education Requirements; Certificates; Effective — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **83–0** (pass) · lower
- Commerce And Economic Development Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Business Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Kendrix — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** Authored by Representative Kendrix
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Commerce and Economic Development Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Business `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Policy recommendation to the Commerce and Economic Development Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-17** Authored by Senator Howard (principal Senate author)
- **2026-03-02** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-02** Coauthored by Representative(s) Maynard
- **2026-03-11** General Order
- **2026-03-11** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-16** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-16** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-24** Coauthored by Representative Timmons
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading referred to Business and Insurance `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09** Reported Do Pass Business and Insurance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-14** Placed on General Order
- **2026-04-29** General Order, Considered
- **2026-04-29** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-29** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2026-04-30** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-04-30** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2026-04-30** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2026-04-30** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-06** Approved by Governor 05/05/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98757af0-58ab-4f04-a866-02509951a732`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).