Discovery; creating the Foreign Litigation Funding Prevention Act; commercial litigation funding agreements; prohibiting admissibility of certain information as evidence; effective date.

Added Senator Howard as a co-sponsor to the bill

Changed document header from 'House Committee Substitute' to 'Floor (House)' version

Removed page numbering and formatting markers from the original committee version

Document header changed from 'Enrolled House Bill' to 'Committee Amendment' with updated committee information and amendment details

Page numbering and layout formatting were restructured throughout the document

Line breaks and text spacing were adjusted, particularly in the discovery methods and initial disclosures sections

Committee amendment metadata including sponsor name, adoption date field, and reading clerk information was added

Bill title and description changed from a broad discovery and abusive discovery prevention act to specifically focus on foreign litigation funding prevention.

Added requirement for parties to produce commercial litigation funding agreements upon request during discovery proceedings.

Updated discovery scope language to explicitly include commercial litigation funding agreements as discoverable materials alongside insurance agreements.

Removed provisions related to abusive discovery protections for high-ranking officers and protective orders for depositions.

Page numbering and layout formatting were adjusted between versions, with the Enrolled version showing cleaner pagination and header formatting.

Line breaks and text alignment were standardized in the Enrolled version for final printing purposes.

The bill was reorganized from 'Proposed Policy Committee Substitute' to 'House Committee Substitute' format, changing the header and introductory language while maintaining the same substantive provisions.

Reorganized the discovery provisions into clearly labeled sections (Section 2) with subsections for discovery methods, initial disclosures, and scope and limits, improving readability without changing substantive requirements.

Added a formal title section (Section 1) that establishes the official name of the act as the 'Foreign Litigation Funding Prevention Act' and provides for codification in the Oklahoma Statutes.

The bill header changed from 'PROPOSED OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE' to 'PROPOSED POLICY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE', indicating a procedural reclassification rather than a substantive policy change.

The bill title was shortened by removing the specific name 'Foreign Litigation Funding Prevention Act' and the word 'FOREIGN' from the description.

Minor formatting changes were made to line breaks and spacing throughout the document, particularly in the section headers and statutory text.

The document date was updated from March 3, 2025 to February 13, 2025, reflecting an earlier version of the committee substitute.