---
type: "Bill"
title: "Railroads; prohibiting certain acts by operators of trains; providing penalty; providing for certain administrative hearing; requiring certain report; effective date; emergency."
description: "Railroads; prohibiting certain acts by operators of trains; providing penalty; providing for certain administrative hearing; requiring certain report; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 2472"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2472 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCall", "Smalley"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c73d0494-a5b8-42d7-b032-d757d52bc3d3"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2472&session=2000"
source_hash: "c021177a83c17243d3164858b5e66a569a61753f9a20cfb08a81b003b92f0eb3"
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 2472 (2020) — Railroads; prohibiting certain acts by operators of trains; providing penalty; providing for certain administrative hearing; requiring certain report; effective date; emergency.

## 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/HB2472 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB2472 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2472 PCS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB2472 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB2472 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB2472 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB2472 SFLR.PDF)
8. **HB2472 (4-24-19) (SMALLEY) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2472 (4-24-19) (SMALLEY) FS FA1.PDF)
9. **HB2472 FULLPCS1 CHARLES MCCALL-JBH.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2472 FULLPCS1 CHARLES MCCALL-JBH.PDF)
10. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2472 CS.PDF)
11. **House Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCCS/HB2472 CCS.PDF)
12. **Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCSH/HB2472 SCSH.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **40–5** (pass) · upper
- FOURTH READING — **34–11** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **92–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCall — primary (person)
- Smalley — 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 McCall
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Transportation `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-13** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Transportation Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-13** Coauthored by Representative(s) Hardin (Tommy), Hilbert
- **2019-02-13** Authored by Senator Simpson (principal Senate author)
- **2019-02-20** General Order
- **2019-02-20** Coauthored by Representative(s) Marti, Davis
- **2019-02-20** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-20** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-02-21** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-02-21** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** Second Reading referred to Transportation `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Failed in Committee - Transportation `committee-failure`
- **2019-04-10** Withdrawn from Transportation committee
- **2019-04-10** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Remove as author Senator Simpson; authored by Senator Smalley
- **2019-04-11** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-25** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2019-04-25** Title stricken
- **2019-04-25** Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 5 `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-29** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-04-29** SA's received
- **2019-05-02** SA's rejected, conference requested, naming Conference Committee on Transportation
- **2019-05-13** Conference granted, SCs named Smalley, Treat, Simpson, David, Dossett, Young
- **2019-05-14** HC's changed: Withdrawn from Conference Committee on Transportation and naming Conference Committee on Rules
- **2019-05-16** CCR submitted
- **2019-05-16** Title restored
- **2019-05-16** Emergency added
- **2019-05-20** CCR adopted
- **2019-05-20** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 82 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2019-05-20** To Senate
- **2019-05-20** CCR read
- **2019-05-22** CCR adopted
- **2019-05-22** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 34 Nays: 11 `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Emergency passed: Ayes: 36 Nays: 9
- **2019-05-22** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-23** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2019-05-23** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2019-05-23** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-23** Approved by Governor 05/24/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c73d0494-a5b8-42d7-b032-d757d52bc3d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).