---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing; televised races; racetracks; out-of-state; out-of-country; effective date."
description: "Horse racing; televised races; racetracks; out-of-state; out-of-country; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 2965"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2965 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coleman", "Culver"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2102cf7-043c-4b7b-b11f-7115f1dd7704"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2965&session=2400"
source_hash: "2b3c7331711bf342518a2c53efac097ba9a8cfe00ff160b7b8434f6a5a26dea8"
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 2965 (2024) — Horse racing; televised races; racetracks; out-of-state; out-of-country; 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/2023-24 INT/hB/HB2965 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by CULVER (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB2965 FA1 CULVERBO-CMA(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB2965 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB2965 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB2965 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB2965 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB2965 SFLR.PDF)
8. **HB2965 (4-22-24) (COLEMAN) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2965 (4-22-24) (COLEMAN) FA1.PDF)

## Votes

- Agriculture & Rural Affairs — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **89–3** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **75–3** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary - Civil Committee: Do Pass — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Coleman — primary (person)
- Culver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** Authored by Representative Culver
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Civil `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12** CR; Do Pass Judiciary - Civil Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-11** General Order
- **2024-03-11** Authored by Senator Coleman (principal Senate author)
- **2024-03-11** House Rule suspended
- **2024-03-11** Amended by floor substitute
- **2024-03-11** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 3 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-12** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-19** Second Reading referred to Agriculture and Rural Affairs `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** Reported Do Pass Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-23** General Order, Amended
- **2024-04-23** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-04-24** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2024-04-24** SA's received
- **2024-05-07** SA's read, adopted
- **2024-05-07** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 75 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2024-05-07** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-05-08** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2024-05-08** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2024-05-08** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-13** Approved by Governor 05/13/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2102cf7-043c-4b7b-b11f-7115f1dd7704`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).