---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jurors; jury duty; exemptions; effective date."
description: "Jurors; jury duty; exemptions; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2746"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2746 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ford", "Newhouse"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acb71145-1835-44be-aa65-8da95bd2d2a8"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2746&session=2100"
source_hash: "559a10c6205dc1984696cfe15a394871c4929ff8026fc16cf6bf977ef5df6216"
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 2746 (2021) — Jurors; jury duty; exemptions; 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/HB2746 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB2746 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB2746 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB2746 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB2746 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Ford — primary (person)
- Newhouse — 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 Ford
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Civil `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Withdrawn from Judiciary - Civil Committee
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Criminal Justice and Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** CR; Do Pass Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Authored by Senator Newhouse (principal Senate author)
- **2021-03-09** General Order
- **2021-03-09** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 7 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-09** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-10** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-10** 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`
- **2021-04-15** General Order, Considered
- **2021-04-15** Measure passed: Ayes: 47 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-19** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2021-04-19** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2021-04-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-22** Approved by Governor 04/22/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/acb71145-1835-44be-aa65-8da95bd2d2a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).