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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Courts; disqualification of judges; motion; directing chief judge of the county; presiding judge of administrative district; rehearing; effective date."
+description: "Courts; disqualification of judges; motion; directing chief judge of the county; presiding judge of administrative district; rehearing; effective date."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
+legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 4226"
+citation: "Oklahoma HB 4226 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gollihare", "Kannady"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2026-02-02"
+last_action: "2026-05-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da5a0a92-95b8-4a17-b96d-a4ea89ac7535"
+source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB4226&session=2600"
+source_hash: "e37f24180011b45e07385c6854512b6d356bb9a3c3cd11a581a9e5e430a01686"
+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 4226 (2026) — Courts; disqualification of judges; motion; directing chief judge of the county; presiding judge of administrative district; rehearing; 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/HB4226 INT.PDF)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB4226 ENGR.PDF)
+3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB4226 ENR.PDF)
+4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB4226 HFLR.PDF)
+5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB4226 SFLR.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **90–0** (pass) · lower
+- Judiciary — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Civil Judiciary Committee: Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gollihare — primary (person)
+- Kannady — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-02** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2026-02-02** Authored by Representative Kannady
+- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-03** Referred to Civil Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-05** Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Civil Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-26** CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-26** Authored by Senator Gollihare (principal Senate author)
+- **2026-03-11** General Order
+- **2026-03-11** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-11** Referred for engrossment
+- **2026-03-12** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2026-04-01** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-14** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
+- **2026-04-16** Placed on General Order
+- **2026-04-29** General Order, Considered
+- **2026-04-29** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
+- **2026-04-29** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
+- **2026-04-29** Referred for enrollment
+- **2026-04-30** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
+- **2026-04-30** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
+- **2026-04-30** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-07** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/07/2026 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da5a0a92-95b8-4a17-b96d-a4ea89ac7535`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).
+