---
type: "Bill"
title: "Definitions and general provisions; specifying days required to furnish requested meeting minutes are business days; effective date."
description: "Definitions and general provisions; specifying days required to furnish requested meeting minutes are business days; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2181"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2181 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortega", "Schulz"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7e396c3-0700-4d7b-b412-ba4bd1ad683f"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2181&session=1800"
source_hash: "282df1d98ae956d7ca874b1028c7d87c90c46a827b4a36f9b6031ccd442a98fd"
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 2181 (2017-2018) — Definitions and general provisions; specifying days required to furnish requested meeting minutes are business days; 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/HB2181 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB2181 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB2181 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB2181 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB2181 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2181 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ortega — primary (person)
- Schulz — 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 Ortega
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to County and Municipal Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute County and Municipal Government Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-07** General Order
- **2017-03-07** Authored by Senator Schulz (principal Senate author)
- **2017-03-07** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 95 Nays: 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-07** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-08** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-03-08** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-20** Second Reading referred to General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** Reported Do Pass General Government committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-10** General Order, Considered
- **2017-04-10** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-04-11** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2017-04-11** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2017-04-11** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-13** Approved by Governor 04/13/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7e396c3-0700-4d7b-b412-ba4bd1ad683f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).