---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alien ownership of land; defining terms; adding entities prohibited from certain ownership; modifying requirements for execution of certain affidavit. Effective date."
description: "Alien ownership of land; defining terms; adding entities prohibited from certain ownership; modifying requirements for execution of certain affidavit. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 1705"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1705 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "McCall"]
version_count: 16
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c870f42-a312-45e3-9d4d-2b9ecceffeee"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1705&session=2400"
source_hash: "d92a030ec85609eb8a379b44660c0e76a8dfd52cbf234668b694ffe55f0542b2"
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 SB 1705 (2024) — Alien ownership of land; defining terms; adding entities prohibited from certain ownership; modifying requirements for execution of certain affidavit. 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/SB/SB1705 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by MCCALL** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB1705 FA1 MCCALLCH-JL.PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB1705 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1705 PCS.PDF)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB1705 CS.PDF)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB1705 ENGR.PDF)
7. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB1705 ENR.PDF)
8. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB1705 HFLR.PDF)
9. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB1705 SFLR.PDF)
10. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB1705 HCS.PDF)
11. **SB1705 (3-07-24) (HOWARD) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1705 (3-07-24) (HOWARD) FA1.PDF)
12. **SB1705 (3-07-24) (HOWARD) WDFA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1705 (3-07-24) (HOWARD) WDFA1.PDF)
13. **SB1705 (3-12-24) (HOWARD) FS FA2.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1705 (3-12-24) (HOWARD) FS FA2.PDF)
14. **SB1705 FULLPCS1 ANTHONY MOORE-LRB.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB1705 FULLPCS1 ANTHONY MOORE-LRB.PDF)
15. **SB1705 FULLPCS2 ANTHONY MOORE-JL.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB1705 FULLPCS2 ANTHONY MOORE-JL.PDF)
16. **Senate Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCCS/SB1705 CCS.PDF)

## Votes

- Judiciary — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- Fourth Reading — **27–16** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **60–6** (pass) · lower
- Agriculture Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **73–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- McCall — 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 Senator Howard
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** Coauthored by Representative Hays (principal House author)
- **2024-02-27** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Coauthored by Senator Bullard
- **2024-03-04** Coauthored by Senator Pederson
- **2024-03-12** Coauthored by Senator Burns
- **2024-03-14** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2024-03-14** Measure passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-18** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2024-03-18** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-25** Second Reading referred to Agriculture `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Remove Representative Hays as principal House author and substitute with Representative Moore
- **2024-04-10** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Agriculture Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-10** Coauthored by Representative(s) Hays
- **2024-04-17** Remove Representative Moore as principal House author and substitute with Representative McCall
- **2024-04-25** General Order
- **2024-04-25** Coauthored by Representative(s) Patzkowsky, Maynard, Moore, Williams, Bashore
- **2024-04-25** Amended by floor substitute
- **2024-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 60 Nays: 6 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-04-29** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-29** HAs read
- **2024-05-22** Coauthored by Senator Garvin
- **2024-05-22** Remove as coauthor Senator Bullard
- **2024-05-23** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2024-05-23** Conference granted, naming Conference Committee on Agriculture
- **2024-05-23** SCs named Howard, Gollihare, Woods, Prieto, Young
- **2024-05-29** CCR read
- **2024-05-29** Coauthored by Representative Burns
- **2024-05-30** CCR adopted
- **2024-05-30** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 27 Nays: 16 `passage`
- **2024-05-30** Coauthored by Senator Jett
- **2024-05-30** CCR submitted
- **2024-05-30** CCR adopted
- **2024-05-30** Coauthored by Representative(s) Steagall
- **2024-05-30** Remove as coauthor Senator(s) Jett
- **2024-05-30** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 73 Nays: 10 `passage`
- **2024-05-30** To Senate
- **2024-05-30** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled, to House
- **2024-05-30** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-05-30** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-31** Approved by Governor 05/31/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c870f42-a312-45e3-9d4d-2b9ecceffeee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).