---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children; termination of parental rights; abuse or neglect; effective date."
description: "Children; termination of parental rights; abuse or neglect; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2318"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2318 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garvin", "Lawson"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/391a15a3-6b65-4e80-b365-c1e00d82cdbb"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2318&session=2100"
source_hash: "853aa30bcba668dd9e5da8d9b3e781aa737b5972d05fcf223c5754ee8cb1ad77"
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 2318 (2021) — Children; termination of parental rights; abuse or neglect; 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/HB2318 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by OSBURN** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB2318 FA1 OSBURNMI-CC.PDF)
3. **2 Floor Amendment by OSBURN** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB2318 FA2 OSBURNMI-CC.PDF)
4. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB2318 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
5. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2318 CA1.PDF)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB2318 ENGR.PDF)
7. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB2318 ENR.PDF)
8. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB2318 HFLR.PDF)
9. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB2318 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Garvin — 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`
- **2021-03-11** General Order
- **2021-03-11** Authored by Senator Garvin (principal Senate author)
- **2021-03-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-11** Title stricken
- **2021-03-11** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-15** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-15** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Reported Do Pass as amended Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23** Title restored
- **2021-04-19** General Order, Considered
- **2021-04-19** Measure passed: Ayes: 32 Nays: 15 `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-04-20** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-04-20** SA's received
- **2021-05-04** SA's read, adopted
- **2021-05-04** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-05-05** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2021-05-05** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2021-05-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-11** Approved by Governor 05/11/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/391a15a3-6b65-4e80-b365-c1e00d82cdbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).