---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public retirement systems; Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System; distribution; emergency."
description: "Public retirement systems; Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System; distribution; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2278"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2278 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rosino", "West (Josh)"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8074a8c3-b852-4ae0-9f2c-055f7ffff73e"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2278&session=2100"
source_hash: "b3a6b7b49941a5cc6fb1a6ded65b8f19bc21aaabb47bd2efe39d8bbbe68cbbb1"
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 2278 (2021) — Public retirement systems; Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System; distribution; 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/2021-22 INT/hB/HB2278 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB2278 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB2278 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB2278 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB2278 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Rosino — primary (person)
- West (Josh) — 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 West (Josh)
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Banking, Financial Services and Pensions `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** CR; Do Pass Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** General Order
- **2021-02-18** Authored by Senator Rosino (principal Senate author)
- **2021-02-18** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-02-22** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-02-22** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Second Reading referred to Retirement and Insurance `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Reported Do Pass Retirement and Insurance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14** General Order, Considered
- **2021-04-14** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Emergency passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 1
- **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/8074a8c3-b852-4ae0-9f2c-055f7ffff73e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).