---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles; dealer sales responsibility; modifying requirements for certain off-premises sales; events; effective date."
description: "Motor vehicles; dealer sales responsibility; modifying requirements for certain off-premises sales; events; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1789"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1789 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frix", "Kerbs"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/477e0d7b-2241-4642-ae6a-c3ea9dadeb37"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1789&session=2600"
source_hash: "ccfb22502dbefbcf3ea646ae9fc8a3f3f62ba0361624f1ed86daa5eaeec42900"
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 1789 (2026) — Motor vehicles; dealer sales responsibility; modifying requirements for certain off-premises sales; events; effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 INT/hB/HB1789 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/HB1789 SAHB AND ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1789 PCS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB1789 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB1789 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB1789 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB1789 SFLR.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1789 CS.PDF)
9. **Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1789 FULLPCS1 DELL KERBS-JBH.PDF)
10. **Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCSH/HB1789 SCSH.PDF)

## Votes

- Business Committee: Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended Cs — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Fourth Reading — **79–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Commerce And Economic Development Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Advance — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frix — primary (person)
- Kerbs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Authored by Representative Kerbs
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2025-02-10** Referred to Commerce and Economic Development Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Referred to Business `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24** Policy recommendation to the Commerce and Economic Development Oversight committee; Do Pass Business `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06** Authored by Senator Frix (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-24** General Order
- **2025-03-24** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-25** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-25** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Business and Insurance `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business and Insurance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-29** Placed on General Order
- **2025-05-01** General Order, Considered
- **2025-05-01** Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-05-05** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-05-05** SA's received
- **2025-05-15** SA's read, adopted
- **2025-05-15** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 79 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-19** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-05-19** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2025-05-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-27** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/25/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/477e0d7b-2241-4642-ae6a-c3ea9dadeb37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).