---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public health and safety; creating the Choosing Childbirth Act; effective date."
description: "Public health and safety; creating the Choosing Childbirth Act; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1703"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1703 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calvey", "Treat"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b9b43bd-698f-42b7-951e-25d83a30322c"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1703&session=1800"
source_hash: "ce121014c9ec058a10ee9e2be1e700f4d91ee56c19f6422f663edb3efbff09d5"
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 1703 (2017-2018) — Public health and safety; creating the Choosing Childbirth Act; effective date.

## 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/HB1703 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1703 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB1703 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB1703 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB1703 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB1703 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1703 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **41–5** (pass) · upper
- FOURTH READING — **77–7** (pass) · lower
- SUSPEND HOUSE — **17–63** (fail) · lower
- THIRD READING — **81–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Calvey — primary (person)
- Treat — 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 Calvey
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-27** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2017-02-27** Referred to General Government Oversight and Accountability `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute General Government Oversight and Accountability Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-02** Coauthored by Representative(s) Bennett (John)
- **2017-03-21** General Order
- **2017-03-21** Authored by Senator Treat (principal Senate author)
- **2017-03-21** Motion to suspend rule failed
- **2017-03-21** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 81 Nays: 11 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-21** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-22** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-03-22** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** Coauthored by Senator Marlatt
- **2017-04-10** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-10** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-12** Title stricken
- **2017-04-27** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2017-04-27** Title restored
- **2017-04-27** Measure passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 5 `passage`
- **2017-04-27** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-05-01** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-05-01** SA's received
- **2017-05-11** SA's read, adopted
- **2017-05-11** Coauthored by Representative(s) Faught
- **2017-05-11** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 77 Nays: 7 `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/3b9b43bd-698f-42b7-951e-25d83a30322c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).