---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts; judicial salaries; emergency."
description: "Courts; judicial salaries; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2869"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2869 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Wallace"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b1fccce-7bff-4de2-be32-e79c6810496f"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2869&session=2100"
source_hash: "73aacc782b0f3154a50e784fd461a4028bc36a3eff7e857a3588a1192a40aabe"
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 2869 (2021) — Courts; judicial salaries; 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/HB2869 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB2869 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB2869 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB2869 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB2869 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Wallace — 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 Wallace
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-04** Authored by Senator Howard (principal Senate author)
- **2021-03-09** General Order
- **2021-03-09** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 94 Nays: 1 `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 Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-30** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Reported Do Pass Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21** General Order, Considered
- **2021-04-21** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 7 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-22** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2021-04-26** 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/4b1fccce-7bff-4de2-be32-e79c6810496f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).