---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporations; enacting the Oklahoma Benefit Corporation Act; effective date."
description: "Corporations; enacting the Oklahoma Benefit Corporation Act; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 2423"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2423 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kirt", "Moore"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05a9e059-0d58-4472-8152-465d01c786b3"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2423&session=2000"
source_hash: "ace12c89893d23839ebc25b4fa76157261eece44ca21fa508368fc92ef6788c9"
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 2423 (2020) — Corporations; enacting the Oklahoma Benefit Corporation Act; 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/HB2423 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB2423 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB2423 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB2423 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB2423 SFLR.PDF)
6. **HB2423 FULLPCS1 BEN LORING-JBH.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2423 FULLPCS1 BEN LORING-JBH.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2423 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kirt — primary (person)
- Moore — 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 Moore
- **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`
- **2019-02-27** Coauthored by Representative(s) Loring
- **2019-03-13** General Order
- **2019-03-13** Authored by Senator Kirt (principal Senate author)
- **2019-03-13** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 93 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`
- **2019-04-08** General Order, Considered
- **2019-04-08** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-04-09** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2019-04-09** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2019-04-09** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-15** Approved by Governor 04/15/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05a9e059-0d58-4472-8152-465d01c786b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).