---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections; election dates; providing for primary and general elections for candidates for the board of education; effective date."
description: "Elections; election dates; providing for primary and general elections for candidates for the board of education; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2082"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2082 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jordan", "Pugh"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c2a1bfc-a357-4dbc-9b27-a4a1ae52ed90"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2082&session=1800"
source_hash: "f24bf748db818c7aaa5d2774fda188c2e3ac8c51479ca912f42dc4d5d122d94b"
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 2082 (2017-2018) — Elections; election dates; providing for primary and general elections for candidates for the board of education; 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/2017-18 INT/hB/HB2082 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB2082 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB2082 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB2082 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB2082 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2082 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **65–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jordan — primary (person)
- Pugh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Authored by Representative McCall
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2018-02-19** Referred to Elections and Ethics `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Elections and Ethics Committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** Remove Representative McCall as principal House author and substitute with Representative Jordan
- **2018-03-01** Coauthored by Representative(s) McCall
- **2018-03-14** General Order
- **2018-03-14** Authored by Senator Pugh (principal Senate author)
- **2018-03-14** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 65 Nays: 9 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-14** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-03-15** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2018-03-15** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-21** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Reported Do Pass Rules committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-03** General Order, Considered
- **2018-04-03** Measure passed: Ayes: 36 Nays: 5 `passage`
- **2018-04-03** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2018-04-03** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-04-04** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2018-04-04** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2018-04-04** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-10** Approved by Governor 04/10/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c2a1bfc-a357-4dbc-9b27-a4a1ae52ed90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).