---
type: "Bill"
title: "Counties and county officers; modifying fire protection district board of director qualifications; effective date."
description: "Counties and county officers; modifying fire protection district board of director qualifications; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 2161"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2161 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall", "Mize"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b63cfe22-ac0a-40c8-88e7-db8a5954e56e"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2161&session=2000"
source_hash: "b25d7b19a48d3639fe97ca4ccb93e67c62de5fdb83e502a0d232f138cd0674cf"
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 2161 (2020) — Counties and county officers; modifying fire protection district board of director qualifications; 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/2019-20 INT/hB/HB2161 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB2161 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB2161 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB2161 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB2161 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2161 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **37–2** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)
- Mize — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Authored by Representative Pfeiffer
- **2019-02-06** Second Reading referred to Rules `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-20** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20** Remove Representative Pfeiffer as principal House author and substitute with Representative Mize
- **2019-03-04** General Order
- **2019-03-04** Authored by Senator Hall (principal Senate author)
- **2019-03-04** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 97 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-05** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Second Reading referred to General Government `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-03-27** Coauthored by Representative Martinez
- **2019-04-02** Withdrawn from General Government committee
- **2019-04-02** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16** General Order, Considered
- **2019-04-16** Measure passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-04-17** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2019-04-17** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2019-04-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-22** Approved by Governor 04/22/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b63cfe22-ac0a-40c8-88e7-db8a5954e56e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).