---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages; licensing and permitting; modifying acts authorized by hold of winemaker license; Direct Wine Consumer's Permit; modifying acts required or prohibited for holder of permit; effective dates."
description: "Alcoholic beverages; licensing and permitting; modifying acts authorized by hold of winemaker license; Direct Wine Consumer's Permit; modifying acts required or prohibited for holder of permit; effective dates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1540"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1540 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bice", "Virgin"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a968dccf-2312-40b9-998d-b6853660aecc"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1540&session=1800"
source_hash: "68bf5db43dd32f3e7885cd795e442235438f41678b8fe09c93e82ba2ed33c42e"
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 1540 (2017-2018) — Alcoholic beverages; licensing and permitting; modifying acts authorized by hold of winemaker license; Direct Wine Consumer's Permit; modifying acts required or prohibited for holder of permit; effective dates.

## 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/2017-18 INT/hB/HB1540 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1540 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB1540 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB1540 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB1540 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB1540 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1540 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **80–8** (pass) · lower
- FOURTH READING — **78–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bice — primary (person)
- Virgin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Authored by Representative Virgin
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Business, Commerce and Tourism `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-20** General Order
- **2017-03-20** Authored by Senator Bice (principal Senate author)
- **2017-03-20** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 8 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-20** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-21** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-03-21** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Business, Commerce and Tourism `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12** Reported Do Pass as amended Business, Commerce and Tourism committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-12** Title stricken
- **2017-04-26** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2017-04-26** Title restored
- **2017-04-26** Measure passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-27** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-04-27** SA's received
- **2017-05-11** SA's read, adopted
- **2017-05-11** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 78 Nays: 10 `passage`
- **2017-05-11** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-15** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2017-05-15** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2017-05-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-19** Approved by Governor 05/19/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a968dccf-2312-40b9-998d-b6853660aecc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).