---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public retirement systems; Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System; benefits; trusts; effective date; emergency."
description: "Public retirement systems; Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System; benefits; trusts; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2499"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2499 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergstrom", "Cornwell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0768af94-b360-49cf-b6dc-6ee2f4bf76e5"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2499&session=2100"
source_hash: "78ec23e45534ece13d317b97eb67b7ace13a6bd4bfac6fe79fe2feccd7bfa0d9"
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 2499 (2021) — Public retirement systems; Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System; benefits; trusts; effective date; 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/HB2499 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB2499 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB2499 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB2499 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB2499 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Bergstrom — primary (person)
- Cornwell — 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 Frix
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2021-02-09** Referred to Banking, Financial Services and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** CR; Do Pass Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-23** Remove Representative Frix as principal House author and substitute with Representative Cornwell
- **2021-03-08** General Order
- **2021-03-08** Coauthored by Representative(s) Steagall
- **2021-03-08** Authored by Senator Bergstrom (principal Senate author)
- **2021-03-08** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-09** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-09** 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`
- **2021-04-21** General Order, Considered
- **2021-04-21** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-26** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2021-04-26** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2021-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-28** Approved by Governor 04/28/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0768af94-b360-49cf-b6dc-6ee2f4bf76e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).