---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure; requiring hearings for emergency ex parte orders be heard within certain number of days; effective date."
description: "Criminal procedure; requiring hearings for emergency ex parte orders be heard within certain number of days; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 2260"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2260 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kerbs", "Weaver"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b24268e-35c8-474d-b725-afe2cb08dbf4"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2260&session=2000"
source_hash: "83ef4c76777994699e1d3daea06a484f7489e91949f6c830ba0eaddd1294622b"
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 2260 (2020) — Criminal procedure; requiring hearings for emergency ex parte orders be heard within certain number of days; 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/HB2260 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB2260 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB2260 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB2260 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB2260 SFLR.PDF)
6. **HB2260 FULLPCS1 DELL KERBS-GRS.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2260 FULLPCS1 DELL KERBS-GRS.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2260 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **34–7** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **85–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kerbs — primary (person)
- Weaver — 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 Kerbs
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13** General Order
- **2019-03-13** Authored by Senator Weaver (principal Senate author)
- **2019-03-13** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 0 `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 Judiciary `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16** General Order, Considered
- **2019-04-16** Measure passed: Ayes: 34 Nays: 7 `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/6b24268e-35c8-474d-b725-afe2cb08dbf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).