---
type: "Bill"
title: "Initiative and referendum; authorizing certain registered voters to use certain address to sign initiative and referendum petitions; codification; effective date."
description: "Initiative and referendum; authorizing certain registered voters to use certain address to sign initiative and referendum petitions; codification; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 2871"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2871 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dossett", "Perryman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa83a081-0036-41fa-b40e-b4ce5b44897b"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2871&session=2000"
source_hash: "35c5b837223970fe5682d9230f7d401b6042ae2f58f75f1e8e72ffb44aac8e82"
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 2871 (2020) — Initiative and referendum; authorizing certain registered voters to use certain address to sign initiative and referendum petitions; codification; 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/HB2871 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB2871 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB2871 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB2871 HFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Dossett — primary (person)
- Perryman — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** Authored by Representative Perryman
- **2020-02-04** Second Reading referred to Rules `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** CR; Do Pass Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** General Order
- **2020-03-02** Coauthored by Representative(s) Albright, Branham
- **2020-03-02** Authored by Senator Dossett (principal Senate author)
- **2020-03-02** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 12 `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-03-02** Referred for engrossment
- **2020-03-03** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2020-03-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-16** Second Reading referred to Rules `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2020-05-13** Withdrawn from Rules committee
- **2020-05-13** Direct to Calendar
- **2020-05-14** General Order, Considered
- **2020-05-14** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2020-05-14** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2020-05-14** Referred for enrollment
- **2020-05-14** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2020-05-14** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2020-05-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-22** Approved by Governor 05/20/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa83a081-0036-41fa-b40e-b4ce5b44897b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).