---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical loan repayment; Medical Loan Repayment Program; definitions; certified nurse practitioners; including physician assistant and certified nurse practitioner for award; effective date."
description: "Medical loan repayment; Medical Loan Repayment Program; definitions; certified nurse practitioners; including physician assistant and certified nurse practitioner for award; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1696"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1696 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McEntire", "Stanley"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2024-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de163b7c-444b-4384-ba95-ff594f5fae4d"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1696&session=2400"
source_hash: "0df0e30208377e66562aafffaabd1d38da6d2fb19a47004adfae24bd378fc004"
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 1696 (2024) — Medical loan repayment; Medical Loan Repayment Program; definitions; certified nurse practitioners; including physician assistant and certified nurse practitioner for award; 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/2023-24 INT/hB/HB1696 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB1696 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB1696 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB1696 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB1696 SFLR.PDF)
6. **HB1696 FULLPCS1 MARCUS MCENTIRE-TJ.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1696 FULLPCS1 MARCUS MCENTIRE-TJ.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1696 CS.PDF)
8. **Sub Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1696 SUBREC.PDF)

## Votes

- Health & Human Services — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Appropriations And Budget Health Subcommittee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **92–4** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **43–1** (pass) · upper
- Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **30–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McEntire — primary (person)
- Stanley — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Representative McEntire
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2024-02-07** Referred to Appropriations and Budget `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Authored by Senator Stanley (principal Senate author)
- **2024-03-06** General Order
- **2024-03-06** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 4 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-07** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-07** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** Coauthored by Representative Deck
- **2024-03-07** Coauthored by Representative Munson
- **2024-03-19** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-28** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** Withdrawn from Appropriations committee
- **2024-04-09** Placed on General Order
- **2024-04-23** General Order, Considered
- **2024-04-23** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-04-24** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2024-04-24** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2024-04-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-29** Approved by Governor 04/29/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de163b7c-444b-4384-ba95-ff594f5fae4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).