---
type: "Bill"
title: "Officers; dual office holding; exemptions; emergency."
description: "Officers; dual office holding; exemptions; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1759"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1759 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Henke", "Rader"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b2c28d2-985c-4fcf-a4dc-8f9e7f975420"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1759&session=1800"
source_hash: "71d0b7e5be94619fc198a0f4af134dd8aad57208d8d8d682a09b8d6eddcf0c36"
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 1759 (2017-2018) — Officers; dual office holding; exemptions; emergency.

## 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/HB1759 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB1759 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB1759 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB1759 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB1759 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Henke — primary (person)
- Rader — 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 Henke
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Elections and Ethics `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** CR; Do Pass Elections and Ethics Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-08** General Order
- **2017-03-08** Authored by Senator Rader (principal Senate author)
- **2017-03-08** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-09** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-03-09** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03** Reported Do Pass General Government committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-19** General Order, Considered
- **2017-04-19** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-04-20** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2017-04-20** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2017-04-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-26** Approved by Governor 04/26/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b2c28d2-985c-4fcf-a4dc-8f9e7f975420`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).