---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children; creating the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act; emergency."
description: "Children; creating the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 2468"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2468 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunnington", "Howard"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/532c2278-7525-4cca-9b66-5c8d3bea284a"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2468&session=2000"
source_hash: "0499f06acbf0e4a8d6f7be7e776eb4fe2f834543db742066afd6afae57e7ec8e"
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 2468 (2020) — Children; creating the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act; 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/HB2468 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB2468 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB2468 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB2468 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB2468 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB2468 SFLR.PDF)
7. **HB2468 (4-17-19) (HOWARD) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2468 (4-17-19) (HOWARD) FS FA1.PDF)
8. **HB2468 (4-17-19) (HOWARD) RT FA2.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2468 (4-17-19) (HOWARD) RT FA2.PDF)
9. **HB2468 FULLPCS1 JASON DUNNINGTON-SH.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2468 FULLPCS1 JASON DUNNINGTON-SH.PDF)
10. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2468 CS.PDF)
11. **House Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCCS/HB2468 CCS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **70–29** (pass) · lower
- FOURTH READING — **33–10** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dunnington — primary (person)
- Howard — 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 Dunnington
- **2019-02-06** Second Reading referred to Rules `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-12** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2019-02-12** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20** Authored by Senator Howard (principal Senate author)
- **2019-03-11** General Order
- **2019-03-11** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 70 Nays: 29 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-12** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Reported Do Pass as amended Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-09** Title stricken
- **2019-04-22** Coauthored by Senator Brooks
- **2019-04-22** Coauthored by Senator Standridge
- **2019-04-23** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2019-04-23** Emergency added
- **2019-04-23** Emergency clause stricken
- **2019-04-23** Title restored
- **2019-04-23** Emergency clause restored
- **2019-04-23** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-24** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-04-24** SA's received
- **2019-05-02** SA's rejected, conference requested, naming Conference Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-05-06** HC's changed: Withdrawn from Conference Committee on Judiciary and naming Conference Committee on Rules
- **2019-05-07** Conference granted, SCs named Howard, Daniels, Leewright, Sharp, Boren, Brooks
- **2019-05-14** CCR submitted
- **2019-05-15** CCR adopted
- **2019-05-15** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 6 `passage`
- **2019-05-15** To Senate
- **2019-05-15** CCR read
- **2019-05-17** Remove as coauthor Senator Standridge
- **2019-05-17** CCR adopted
- **2019-05-17** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 33 Nays: 10 `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Emergency passed: Ayes: 35 Nays: 8
- **2019-05-17** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-20** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2019-05-20** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2019-05-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-23** Approved by Governor 05/23/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/532c2278-7525-4cca-9b66-5c8d3bea284a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).