---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foster children; providing rights for children served by the Department of Human Services' Child Welfare Services; effective date."
description: "Foster children; providing rights for children served by the Department of Human Services' Child Welfare Services; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2552"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2552 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffin", "Ownbey"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c56f2f67-1b82-4579-90ca-b66201a9d9b7"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2552&session=1800"
source_hash: "dd8144ba202ac9721fe28951223c8151fd2e6d0c9a6d65abefd71418d2fa3253"
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 2552 (2017-2018) — Foster children; providing rights for children served by the Department of Human Services' Child Welfare Services; effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 INT/hB/HB2552 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB2552 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB2552 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB2552 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB2552 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2552 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **89–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Griffin — primary (person)
- Ownbey — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Authored by Representative Ownbey
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading referred to Children, Youth and Family Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Children, Youth and Family Services Committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28** Authored by Senator Griffin (principal Senate author)
- **2018-03-08** General Order
- **2018-03-08** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-03-12** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2018-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-12** coauthored by Nollan
- **2018-03-20** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-26** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-10** General Order, Considered
- **2018-04-10** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-04-11** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2018-04-11** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2018-04-11** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-17** Approved by Governor 04/17/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c56f2f67-1b82-4579-90ca-b66201a9d9b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).