HB 1777: Civil procedure; Oklahoma Citizens Participation Act; excluding certain legal action; effective date. - Oklahoma

Floor (House) → Floor (Senate) · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to clarify and expand the scope of legal actions excluded from the Oklahoma Citizens Participation Act. The Senate version reorganized the list of exemptions, added a new category for commercial transactions involving buyers or customers, and refined the language around insurance and employment-related disputes.

Scope change

The bill now explicitly includes commercial transactions with actual or potential buyers or customers as an excluded category, broadening the protections for businesses.

SCOPE

Reorganized the list of excluded legal actions from five items to five items with clearer numbering and formatting.

Added a new exemption for legal actions arising from commercial transactions where the intended audience is an actual or potential buyer or customer.

ELIGIBILITY

Clarified that the act does not apply to legal actions brought against persons primarily engaged in selling or leasing goods or services based on statements arising from those sales.

TECHNICAL

Changed document header from House Floor Version to Senate Floor Version with updated date and page numbering.

House Committee Substitute → Floor (House) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a committee substitute version to the House floor version, with changes to page headers, document titles, and formatting. The substantive legislative content regarding the Oklahoma Citizens Participation Act remains unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Page headers were updated from 'Req. No. 13198' to 'HB1777 HFLR' with added notes about bold face denoting committee amendments.

Document title was changed from 'COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE' to 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION'.

Committee report section was added at the end of the document with a 'DO PASS' recommendation.

Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 → House Committee Substitute · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was substantially rewritten to change its title from 'Proposed Policy Committee Substitute' to 'Committee Substitute' and reorganized the text structure. The core legal content regarding the Oklahoma Citizens Participation Act exemptions remains largely the same, with minor formatting adjustments and updated tracking numbers. No substantive policy changes affecting scope, eligibility, or requirements were identified.

TECHNICAL

Title changed from 'Proposed Policy Committee Substitute' to 'Committee Substitute'

Page tracking number updated from 12553 to 13198

Minor formatting adjustments to line numbering and spacing throughout the document

Enrolled (final version) → Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill was converted from an enrolled final version to a proposed policy committee substitute, which is an intermediate legislative draft. The substantive policy content regarding the Oklahoma Citizens Participation Act remains unchanged, with no modifications to exemptions, effective dates, or legal provisions.

TECHNICAL

The document format changed from an enrolled final bill to a committee substitute draft, including updated headers, committee amendment markings, and page numbering, but no substantive policy language was altered.

Engrossed → Enrolled (final version) · 4 edits · May 6, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was finalized from its engrossed version to the enrolled version, which is the official final version ready for the Governor's signature. The substantive policy content remains the same, with only formatting and layout adjustments made to prepare it for official publication.

TECHNICAL

Changed the header from 'ENGROSSED HOUSE' to 'ENROLLED HOUSE' to indicate this is the final version of the bill.

Added official passage dates for the House (March 12, 2025) and Senate (May 5, 2025) to document when each chamber approved the bill.

Added signature lines for the Governor and Secretary of State to complete the official enrollment process.

Adjusted page numbering and layout formatting to match standard enrolled bill conventions.

Introduced → Engrossed · 3 edits · May 5, 2025

MINOR

This bill was amended to change its title from creating a new 'Civil Procedure Reform Act' to amending an existing law called the Oklahoma Citizens Participation Act. The bill now specifically lists five types of legal actions that are excluded from the Act's protections, rather than establishing a new law entirely.

Scope change

The bill changed from creating entirely new law to amending an existing statute, and added specific exclusions that prevent the Act from applying to certain types of legal cases.

SCOPE

Changed the bill's purpose from creating a new 'Civil Procedure Reform Act' to amending Section 1439 of the Oklahoma Citizens Participation Act.

ELIGIBILITY

Added five specific categories of legal actions that are excluded from the Act's protections, including enforcement actions by the state, cases against businesses selling goods/services, bodily injury cases, insurance-related cases, and certain employment-related disputes.

TECHNICAL

Changed the bill's effective date language and updated the legislative session information to reflect it is now an engrossed version passed by the House.

Civil procedure; Oklahoma Citizens Participation Act; excluding certain legal action; effective date.

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