---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mortgage releases; liens on real property releases; affidavit of release of mortgage or lien; effective date."
description: "Mortgage releases; liens on real property releases; affidavit of release of mortgage or lien; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2397"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2397 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Russ"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bea49b1d-dc7c-4eef-95c9-827aa7a7f84e"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2397&session=2100"
source_hash: "ca27ef4ac897a10a1a474ee04db65de79097fdcf2274a3eaac01c1c5c5d37447"
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 2397 (2021) — Mortgage releases; liens on real property releases; affidavit of release of mortgage or lien; 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/HB2397 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by RUSS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB2397 FA1 RUSSTO-JL.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB2397 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB2397 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB2397 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB2397 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Russ — 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 Russ
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Civil `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** CR; Do Pass Judiciary - Civil Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-10** General Order
- **2021-03-10** Authored by Senator Howard (principal Senate author)
- **2021-03-10** Amended by floor substitute
- **2021-03-10** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-10** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-11** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-11** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21** General Order, Considered
- **2021-04-21** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-22** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2021-04-22** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2021-04-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-27** Approved by Governor 04/27/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bea49b1d-dc7c-4eef-95c9-827aa7a7f84e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).