---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income tax credits; credits for electricity generated by zero-emission facilities; effective date; emergency."
description: "Income tax credits; credits for electricity generated by zero-emission facilities; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2298"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2298 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCall", "Schulz"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e7b243b-07da-4296-a922-1fb7cf8617bd"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2298&session=1800"
source_hash: "9515744cff13c55635b9782452849f4d1b55ac9456204a713ab188d8d4f4072d"
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 2298 (2017-2018) — Income tax credits; credits for electricity generated by zero-emission facilities; effective date; 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/HB2298 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB2298 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB2298 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB2298 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB2298 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2298 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **40–3** (pass) · upper
- EMERGENCY — **69–25** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **74–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCall — 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 McCall
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-02** Coauthored by Representative(s) O'Donnell
- **2017-03-02** Emergency added
- **2017-03-09** General Order
- **2017-03-09** Coauthored by Representative(s) Bennett (John), Kerbs
- **2017-03-09** Authored by Senator Schulz (principal Senate author)
- **2017-03-09** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 74 Nays: 24; Ayes: 69 Nays: 25 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-09** Notice served to reconsider vote by Representative Echols
- **2017-03-14** Motion expired
- **2017-03-14** Coauthored by Representative(s) Sanders, Brumbaugh
- **2017-03-14** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-20** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Appropriations `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Coauthored by Senator Treat
- **2017-03-29** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29** Title stricken
- **2017-03-29** Emergency clause stricken
- **2017-04-10** Coauthored by Senator Marlatt
- **2017-04-10** General Order, Considered
- **2017-04-10** Title restored
- **2017-04-10** Emergency clause restored
- **2017-04-10** Amendment restored bill to engrossed version `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-10** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 3 `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`
- **2017-04-17** Approved by Governor 04/17/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e7b243b-07da-4296-a922-1fb7cf8617bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).