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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal procedure; disposing of unclaimed property; updating written notice requirements; effective date."
+description: "Criminal procedure; disposing of unclaimed property; updating written notice requirements; effective date."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
+legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 1996"
+citation: "Oklahoma HB 1996 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hamilton", "Turner"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2025-02-03"
+last_action: "2025-05-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4f709a8-77c6-42ae-b65d-2c1a9ca66c32"
+source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1996&session=2600"
+source_hash: "b812234a9aaa0340ebdcc6f24a5ff30c52805bad1cbfb75f38585bea657bc7eb"
+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 1996 (2026) — Criminal procedure; disposing of unclaimed property; updating written notice requirements; 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/HB1996 INT.PDF)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB1996 ENGR.PDF)
+3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB1996 ENR.PDF)
+4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB1996 HFLR.PDF)
+5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB1996 SFLR.PDF)
+6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1996 CS.PDF)
+7. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1996 POLREC.PDF)
+8. **Proposed Policy Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1996 POLAMD1 TIM TURNER-GRS.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **13–0** (pass) · lower
+- Criminal Judiciary Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- Judiciary — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **86–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **42–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hamilton — primary (person)
+- Turner — 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 Turner
+- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-04** Referred to Criminal Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-17** Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Criminal Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-03** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-03** Authored by Senator Hamilton (principal Senate author)
+- **2025-03-11** General Order
+- **2025-03-11** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-11** Referred for engrossment
+- **2025-03-12** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
+- **2025-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-15** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
+- **2025-04-17** Placed on General Order
+- **2025-05-08** General Order, Considered
+- **2025-05-08** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 1 `passage`
+- **2025-05-08** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
+- **2025-05-08** Referred for enrollment
+- **2025-05-12** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
+- **2025-05-12** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
+- **2025-05-12** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-19** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/18/2025 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4f709a8-77c6-42ae-b65d-2c1a9ca66c32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).
+