---
type: "Bill"
title: "State government; Governor's Council for Workforce and Economic Development; modifying coordination of the Council activities; emergency."
description: "State government; Governor's Council for Workforce and Economic Development; modifying coordination of the Council activities; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 3597"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3597 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill", "Paxton"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfca22f9-26d8-4b8d-a668-2257a125364b"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3597&session=2400"
source_hash: "30ce9d43774cd4e85e660c910d79c68c110beec3dce7bf0127cdb52df949f7de"
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 3597 (2024) — State government; Governor's Council for Workforce and Economic Development; modifying coordination of the Council activities; 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/2023-24 INT/hB/HB3597 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB3597 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB3597 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB3597 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB3597 SFLR.PDF)
6. **HB3597 FULLPCS1 BRIAN HILL-LRB.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3597 FULLPCS1 BRIAN HILL-LRB.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3597 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- General Government Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Business & Commerce — **10–2** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **39–4** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **92–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** Authored by Representative Hill
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading referred to General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute General Government Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-14** Emergency added
- **2024-03-06** General Order
- **2024-03-06** Authored by Senator Paxton (principal Senate author)
- **2024-03-06** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency 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 Pittman
- **2024-03-19** Second Reading referred to Business and Commerce `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** Reported Do Pass Business and Commerce committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-17** General Order, Considered
- **2024-04-17** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 4 `passage`
- **2024-04-17** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2024-04-17** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-04-18** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2024-04-18** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2024-04-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-23** Approved by Governor 04/23/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfca22f9-26d8-4b8d-a668-2257a125364b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).