---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; providing that board of education may encourage increased community involvement in public schools; allowing patriotic societies speak to and recruit students."
description: "Schools; providing that board of education may encourage increased community involvement in public schools; allowing patriotic societies speak to and recruit students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1715"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1715 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holt", "Moore"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fde017b-f15f-49db-a57a-58fe4ce47326"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1715&session=1800"
source_hash: "ed7d4ea2de05c944611d1c84cf5071d4d7a53b40ed1395209343fa69f72c0d8a"
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 1715 (2017-2018) — Schools; providing that board of education may encourage increased community involvement in public schools; allowing patriotic societies speak to and recruit students.

## 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/HB1715 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB1715 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB1715 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB1715 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB1715 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **34–12** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **65–25** (pass) · lower
- EMERGENCY — **60–23** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Holt — primary (person)
- Moore — 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 Moore
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Common Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** CR; Do Pass Common Education Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-21** Coauthored by Representative(s) Munson
- **2017-03-13** General Order
- **2017-03-13** Coauthored by Representative(s) Faught
- **2017-03-13** Authored by Senator Holt (principal Senate author)
- **2017-03-13** Coauthored by Senator(s) Daniels
- **2017-03-13** Third Reading, Measure passed and Emergency failed: Ayes: 65 Nays: 25; Ayes: 60 Nays: 23 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-13** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-14** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-03-14** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-25** General Order, Considered
- **2017-04-25** Measure passed: Ayes: 34 Nays: 12 `passage`
- **2017-04-25** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2017-04-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-04-26** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2017-04-26** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2017-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-02** Approved by Governor 05/02/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2fde017b-f15f-49db-a57a-58fe4ce47326`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).