---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children; child abuse examiners; directing the Commission on Children and Youth to promulgate rules for child abuse medical examiners; effective date; emergency."
description: "Children; child abuse examiners; directing the Commission on Children and Youth to promulgate rules for child abuse medical examiners; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 2610"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2610 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Echols", "Smalley"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/251a402c-79c2-4b92-ae0f-9d14a03a6818"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2610&session=2000"
source_hash: "87f9cac0ff506f0a3288b3c4d8b59a6a96a53cee0a07d0f2b454f7c85ae53de9"
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 2610 (2020) — Children; child abuse examiners; directing the Commission on Children and Youth to promulgate rules for child abuse medical examiners; 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/HB2610 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by ECHOLS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB2610 FA1 ECHOLSJO-EK.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB2610 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB2610 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB2610 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB2610 SFLR.PDF)
7. **HB2610 (4-15-19) (SMALLEY) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2610 (4-15-19) (SMALLEY) RT FA1.PDF)
8. **HB2610 FULLPCS1 JON ECHOLS-EK.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2610 FULLPCS1 JON ECHOLS-EK.PDF)
9. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2610 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- ADVANCE — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Echols — 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 Echols
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Rules `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** Emergency added
- **2019-03-13** General Order
- **2019-03-13** Authored by Senator Smalley (principal Senate author)
- **2019-03-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-13** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 1 `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 Committee then to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-08** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-10** Title stricken
- **2019-04-10** Emergency clause stricken
- **2019-04-23** General Order, Amended
- **2019-04-23** Title restored
- **2019-04-23** Emergency clause restored
- **2019-04-23** Amendment restored bill to engrossed version `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-04-24** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2019-04-24** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2019-04-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-29** Approved by Governor 04/29/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/251a402c-79c2-4b92-ae0f-9d14a03a6818`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).