---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts; Judicial Nominating Commission; selection process; transparency; Requiring Commission to promulgate certain rules; effective date."
description: "Courts; Judicial Nominating Commission; selection process; transparency; Requiring Commission to promulgate certain rules; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1980"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1980 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniels", "Lepak"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73288ec4-9f53-47c5-8c8e-14ecff1a5bf8"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1980&session=2100"
source_hash: "1ecf96609934cf14c6b149830e143d3f53128b8e5fcfa24fd05439188d558977"
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 1980 (2021) — Courts; Judicial Nominating Commission; selection process; transparency; Requiring Commission to promulgate certain rules; 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/2021-22 INT/hB/HB1980 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB1980 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB1980 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB1980 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB1980 SFLR.PDF)
6. **HB1980 FULLAMD1 MARK LEPAK-AQH.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1980 FULLAMD1 MARK LEPAK-AQH.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1980 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Daniels — primary (person)
- Lepak — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Authored by Representative Lepak
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Civil `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary - Civil Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-03** General Order
- **2021-03-03** Authored by Senator Daniels (principal Senate author)
- **2021-03-03** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 94 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-03** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-04** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-04** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Coauthored by Senator Bullard
- **2021-03-23** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14** General Order, Considered
- **2021-04-14** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-15** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2021-04-15** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2021-04-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21** Approved by Governor 04/21/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73288ec4-9f53-47c5-8c8e-14ecff1a5bf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).