---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prisons and reformatories; expanding scope of definition to include certain crime; effective date."
description: "Prisons and reformatories; expanding scope of definition to include certain crime; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 2281"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2281 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "Pae"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11b0d594-49d7-481a-98c2-f7a4bac7735e"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2281&session=2000"
source_hash: "e448c2efc7c180e37be984797af7808a414fdf03a1a288ff7a063908e11c23f1"
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 2281 (2020) — Prisons and reformatories; expanding scope of definition to include certain crime; 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/HB2281 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB2281 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB2281 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB2281 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB2281 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **70–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- Pae — 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)
- **2019-02-06** Second Reading referred to Rules `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-20** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** CR; Do Pass Public Safety Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** Remove Representative West (Josh) as principal House author and substitute with Representative Pae
- **2019-03-13** General Order
- **2019-03-13** Coauthored by Representative(s) Dills
- **2019-03-13** Authored by Senator Brooks (principal Senate author)
- **2019-03-13** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 70 Nays: 26 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-14** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-14** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** Second Reading referred to Public Safety Committee then to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-03-27** remove as coauthor Representative(s) Dills
- **2019-04-01** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-01** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Coauthored by Senator Weaver
- **2019-04-11** Withdrawn from Appropriations committee
- **2019-04-11** Placed on General Order
- **2019-04-17** General Order, Considered
- **2019-04-17** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 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/11b0d594-49d7-481a-98c2-f7a4bac7735e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).