---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children; Uniform Parentage Act; adding exception to limitations of paternity actions; effective date."
description: "Children; Uniform Parentage Act; adding exception to limitations of paternity actions; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 2270"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2270 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kidd", "West (Josh)"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffb056c3-c17c-43b4-a778-e15824c5766c"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2270&session=2000"
source_hash: "ef86bf2b977e7593aa4b736f93b84c816e88cfafd1a2ea9c6569421608165605"
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 2270 (2020) — Children; Uniform Parentage Act; adding exception to limitations of paternity actions; 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/2019-20 INT/hB/HB2270 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by WEST** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB2270 FA1 WESTJO-EK.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB2270 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB2270 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB2270 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB2270 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kidd — primary (person)
- West (Josh) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Authored by Representative West (Josh)
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-13** CR; Do Pass Judiciary Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21** General Order
- **2019-02-21** Coauthored by Representative(s) Roberts (Dustin)
- **2019-02-21** Authored by Senator Kidd (principal Senate author)
- **2019-02-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-21** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 95 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-02-25** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-02-25** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-17** General Order, Considered
- **2019-04-17** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-04-18** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2019-04-22** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2019-04-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-25** Approved by Governor 04/25/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffb056c3-c17c-43b4-a778-e15824c5766c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).