---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children; Shai Cooper Act; adoption; updating reference; providing this section apply to immediate relatives; effective date."
description: "Children; Shai Cooper Act; adoption; updating reference; providing this section apply to immediate relatives; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 2647"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2647 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris", "Thompson (Kristen)"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00317b63-be62-4cc8-837a-78660b748490"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2647&session=2600"
source_hash: "1efd3617d1f8fddb501278146185957c1bd3cd948a66591e10d166bcfcbc064f"
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 2647 (2026) — Children; Shai Cooper Act; adoption; updating reference; providing this section apply to immediate relatives; 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/HB2647 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by HARRIS** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB2647 FA1 HARRISER-CMA.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB2647 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB2647 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB2647 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB2647 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2647 CS.PDF)
8. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2647 POLREC.PDF)
9. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2647 POLPCS1 ERICK HARRIS-CMA.PDF)

## Votes

- Civil Judiciary Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **86–0** (pass) · lower
- Advance — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harris — primary (person)
- Thompson (Kristen) — 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 Harris
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2025-02-17** Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** Referred to Civil Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24** Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Civil Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04** Authored by Senator Thompson (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-12** General Order
- **2025-03-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-12** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-13** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-13** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Coauthored by Representative Adams
- **2025-04-22** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-24** Placed on General Order
- **2025-05-01** General Order, Considered
- **2025-05-01** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-05** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-05-05** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2025-05-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/11/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00317b63-be62-4cc8-837a-78660b748490`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).