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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Courts; special judges; increasing number in specific counties; effective date; emergency."
+description: "Courts; special judges; increasing number in specific counties; effective date; emergency."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
+legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 2771"
+citation: "Oklahoma HB 2771 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell (Trey)", "Hall"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-02-03"
+last_action: "2025-05-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b71f616-057c-4554-acc4-754e46594eed"
+source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2771&session=2600"
+source_hash: "516492d5d24e0f7b5f25287128903b520b4e58dda6a00d50f504ae24dfc15444"
+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 2771 (2026) — Courts; special judges; increasing number in specific counties; effective date; emergency.
+
+## 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/HB2771 INT.PDF)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB2771 ENGR.PDF)
+3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB2771 ENR.PDF)
+4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB2771 HFLR.PDF)
+5. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2771 CS.PDF)
+6. **Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2771 FULLPCS1 TREY CALDWELL-MKS.PDF)
+7. **Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2771 FULLPCS2 TREY CALDWELL-JM.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **83–5** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **34–10** (pass) · upper
+- Joint Committee On Appropriations And Budget — **23–1** (pass) · upper
+- Joint Committee On Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **26–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Caldwell (Trey) — primary (person)
+- Hall — 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 Caldwell (Trey), Kane
+- **2025-02-03** Authored by Senator Hall (principal Senate author)
+- **2025-02-03** Coauthored by Senator(s) Haste
+- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-19** JCR; Do pass, amended by committee substitute Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget `committee-passage`
+- **2025-05-19** Emergency added
+- **2025-05-20** General Order
+- **2025-05-20** JCR adopted
+- **2025-05-20** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 5 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-20** Referred for engrossment
+- **2025-05-20** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-20** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-05-21** Direct to Calendar
+- **2025-05-22** JCR adopted
+- **2025-05-22** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 34 Nays: 10 `passage`
+- **2025-05-22** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
+- **2025-05-22** Referred for enrollment
+- **2025-05-22** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
+- **2025-05-22** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
+- **2025-05-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-29** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/29/2025 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b71f616-057c-4554-acc4-754e46594eed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).
+