---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes and punishments; repealer; effective date."
description: "Crimes and punishments; repealer; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 2068"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2068 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergstrom", "Jenkins"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e9222c5-ce62-4020-938f-e46adb77c069"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2068&session=2600"
source_hash: "e6a181b0b1c2dd7ad7592be91355f5d9bfad3e07fdef8b1c660a2df120b4de1c"
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 2068 (2026) — Crimes and punishments; repealer; effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 INT/hB/HB2068 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB2068 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB2068 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB2068 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB2068 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **86–6** (pass) · lower
- Criminal Judiciary Committee: Do Pass — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Public Safety — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bergstrom — primary (person)
- Jenkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Authored by Representative Jenkins
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Criminal Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Criminal Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27** CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27** Authored by Senator Bergstrom (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-24** General Order
- **2025-03-24** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 6 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-25** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-25** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-10** Placed on General Order
- **2025-04-30** General Order, Considered
- **2025-04-30** Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-01** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-05-01** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2025-05-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-07** Approved by Governor 05/06/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e9222c5-ce62-4020-938f-e46adb77c069`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).