---
type: "Bill"
title: "Opioids; creating the Oklahoma Commission on Opioid Abuse; effective date; emergency."
description: "Opioids; creating the Oklahoma Commission on Opioid Abuse; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 2368"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2368 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kannady", "Thompson"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/644d57d0-ceb0-436b-b7eb-8d2c719af621"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2368&session=2000"
source_hash: "617330164219c890d8799596580fe583e586912853090bfd20ea5a2dbc680c3f"
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 2368 (2020) — Opioids; creating the Oklahoma Commission on Opioid Abuse; effective date; emergency.

## 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/HB2368 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB2368 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2368 CA1 (1).PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB2368 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB2368 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB2368 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB2368 SFLR.PDF)
8. **HB2368 (4-17-19) (THOMPSON) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2368 (4-17-19) (THOMPSON) RT FA1.PDF)
9. **HB2368 FULLPCS1 CHRIS KANNADY-GRS.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2368 FULLPCS1 CHRIS KANNADY-GRS.PDF)
10. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2368 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **43–1** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **95–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kannady — primary (person)
- Thompson — 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 Kannady
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-13** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-13** Authored by Senator Thompson (principal Senate author)
- **2019-02-13** Emergency added
- **2019-02-19** General Order
- **2019-02-19** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 95 Nays: 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-19** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-02-20** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-02-20** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Committee then to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** Reported Do Pass as amended Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-01** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-03** Title stricken
- **2019-04-03** Emergency clause stricken
- **2019-04-23** General Order, Amended
- **2019-04-23** Title restored
- **2019-04-23** Emergency clause restored
- **2019-04-23** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-24** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-04-24** SA's received
- **2019-05-09** SA's read, adopted
- **2019-05-09** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-13** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2019-05-13** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2019-05-13** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-16** Approved by Governor 05/16/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/644d57d0-ceb0-436b-b7eb-8d2c719af621`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).