---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children; competency; youthful offender; Office of Juvenile Affairs; records; services; effective date."
description: "Children; competency; youthful offender; Office of Juvenile Affairs; records; services; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2312"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2312 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haste", "Lawson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c8130e7-a18f-4110-a0ba-1d93946706f5"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2312&session=2100"
source_hash: "dfd32ffedfaa5a3273bed896d15db18005669915de5e65656421c6929a86600f"
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 2312 (2021) — Children; competency; youthful offender; Office of Juvenile Affairs; records; services; 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/HB2312 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by LAWSON (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB2312 FA1 LAWSONMA-CMA(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB2312 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2312 CA1.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB2312 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB2312 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB2312 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB2312 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Haste — primary (person)
- Lawson — 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 Lawson
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Children, Youth and Family Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** CR; Do Pass Children, Youth and Family Services Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01** General Order
- **2021-03-01** Coauthored by Representative(s) Munson
- **2021-03-01** Authored by Senator Haste (principal Senate author)
- **2021-03-01** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-02** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-02** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** coauthored by Virgin
- **2021-03-15** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Reported Do Pass as amended Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-19** General Order, Considered
- **2021-04-19** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-04-20** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-04-20** SA's received
- **2021-04-27** SA's read, adopted
- **2021-04-27** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-27** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-28** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2021-04-28** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2021-04-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** Approved by Governor 05/03/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c8130e7-a18f-4110-a0ba-1d93946706f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).