---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marriage; Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act; definition; visitation rights; emergency."
description: "Marriage; Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act; definition; visitation rights; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 2137"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2137 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jett", "McDugle"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2024-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1531f8d6-c113-48cc-842a-936cb0b740e9"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2137&session=2400"
source_hash: "b3dd3719ff0d35ed6b6ede75535d731bef5eba74d771e104f245ca1c5f51772f"
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 2137 (2024) — Marriage; Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act; definition; visitation rights; 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/2023-24 INT/hB/HB2137 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB2137 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2137 CA1.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB2137 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB2137 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB2137 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB2137 SFLR.PDF)
8. **House Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCCS/HB2137 CCS.PDF)

## Votes

- Judiciary — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Fourth Reading — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Veterans And Military Affairs Committee: Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jett — primary (person)
- McDugle — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Representative McDugle
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** CR; Do Pass Veterans and Military Affairs Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06** General Order
- **2023-03-06** Authored by Senator Jett (principal Senate author)
- **2023-03-06** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 94 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-07** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-07** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Reported Do Pass as amended Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-16** General Order, Considered
- **2024-04-16** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-16** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-04-17** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2024-04-17** SA's received
- **2024-05-06** SA's rejected, conference requested, conferees to be named later
- **2024-05-07** Conference granted, SCs named Jett, Howard, Gollihare, Daniels, Jech, Boren
- **2024-05-16** HC's named: Conference Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
- **2024-05-22** CCR submitted
- **2024-05-22** Coauthored by Representative(s) Fugate
- **2024-05-22** Emergency added
- **2024-05-28** CCR adopted
- **2024-05-28** Coauthored by Representative(s) Burns, Menz
- **2024-05-28** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2024-05-28** To Senate
- **2024-05-28** CCR read
- **2024-05-29** CCR adopted
- **2024-05-29** Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2024-05-29** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2024-05-30** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-30** Approved by Governor 06/14/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1531f8d6-c113-48cc-842a-936cb0b740e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).