---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospital license; prohibiting transfer of hospital licenses from one address to another; administrative requirements; mediation; effective date."
description: "Hospital license; prohibiting transfer of hospital licenses from one address to another; administrative requirements; mediation; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 2295"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2295 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gollihare", "Hilbert"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/203bdc53-fec4-4beb-8013-a10c70df071b"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2295&session=2600"
source_hash: "9571895b1f2feef8bd67245c2cfe846472c50eb175e65d460f90b364bb2f0fe1"
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 2295 (2026) — Hospital license; prohibiting transfer of hospital licenses from one address to another; administrative requirements; mediation; 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/HB2295 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB2295 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB2295 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB2295 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB2295 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2295 CS.PDF)
7. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2295 POLREC.PDF)
8. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2295 POLPCS1 KYLE HILBERT-TJ.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Public Health Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Health And Human Services Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Health & Human Services — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **84–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gollihare — primary (person)
- Hilbert — 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 Hilbert
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Health `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06** Authored by Senator Gollihare (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-24** General Order
- **2025-03-24** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 84 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 Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14** Coauthored by Senator Jech
- **2025-04-14** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-16** Placed on General Order
- **2025-04-30** General Order, Considered
- **2025-04-30** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `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`
- **2025-05-08** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/08/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/203bdc53-fec4-4beb-8013-a10c70df071b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).