---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child care; providing exception for authority of Department of Human Services to examine child care program at any time; effective date."
description: "Child care; providing exception for authority of Department of Human Services to examine child care program at any time; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 2212"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2212 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Russ"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76c3e570-d0a7-4f70-ba7f-19023afa5a62"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2212&session=2000"
source_hash: "61fee599ab9e2c2beb4be1c0f9052e9ebfb2f18abaed61204dab66bc27bc1e0c"
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 2212 (2020) — Child care; providing exception for authority of Department of Human Services to examine child care program at any time; 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/HB2212 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB2212 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB2212 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB2212 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB2212 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB2212 SFLR.PDF)
7. **HB2212 (4-23-19) (HOWARD) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2212 (4-23-19) (HOWARD) FA1.PDF)
8. **HB2212 FULLAMD1 DELL KERBS-EK.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2212 FULLAMD1 DELL KERBS-EK.PDF)
9. **HB2212 FULLAMD2 DELL KERBS-EK.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2212 FULLAMD2 DELL KERBS-EK.PDF)
10. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2212 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **90–2** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Russ — 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 Russ
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Children, Youth and Family Services `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-14** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Children, Youth and Family Services Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13** General Order
- **2019-03-13** Authored by Senator Howard (principal Senate author)
- **2019-03-13** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-14** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-14** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** General Order, Amended
- **2019-04-24** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-25** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-04-25** SA's received
- **2019-05-07** SA's read, adopted
- **2019-05-07** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 95 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-07** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-08** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2019-05-08** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2019-05-08** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-14** Approved by Governor 05/14/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76c3e570-d0a7-4f70-ba7f-19023afa5a62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).