---
type: "Bill"
title: "Counties and county officers; powers of county commissioners; construing language; emergency."
description: "Counties and county officers; powers of county commissioners; construing language; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 2233"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2233 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haste", "Sims"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 37
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2022-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8d0537c-c0ed-42cf-86f3-0953c1c30ec4"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2233&session=2200"
source_hash: "d1436f1f11f814d7fbd8639b44d360f17026c9291fa04c0bbf5d188d62cc0022"
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 2233 (2022) — Counties and county officers; powers of county commissioners; construing language; 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/2021-22 INT/hB/HB2233 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB2233 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2233 PCS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB2233 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB2233 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB2233 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB2233 SFLR.PDF)
8. **HB2233 FULLPCS1 LONNIE SIMS-AMM.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2233 FULLPCS1 LONNIE SIMS-AMM.PDF)
9. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2233 CS.PDF)
10. **House Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCCS/HB2233 CCS.PDF)
11. **Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCSH/HB2233 SCSH.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Haste — primary (person)
- Sims — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Authored by Representative Sims
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2021-02-22** Referred to County and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute County and Municipal Government Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-23** Emergency added
- **2021-03-09** General Order
- **2021-03-09** Authored by Senator Haste (principal Senate author)
- **2021-03-09** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 94 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-09** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-10** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-10** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** Second Reading referred to General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** Withdrawn from General Government committee
- **2022-03-31** Referred to Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-11** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-26** General Order, Considered
- **2022-04-26** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 4 `passage`
- **2022-04-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-04-27** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2022-04-27** SA's received
- **2022-05-02** SA's rejected, conference requested, naming Conference Committee on County and Municipal Government
- **2022-05-04** Conference granted, SCs named Haste, Dugger, Rosino, Stephens, Hall, Young, Floyd
- **2022-05-10** CCR submitted
- **2022-05-10** Coauthored by Representative(s) McEntire, Gann
- **2022-05-17** CCR adopted
- **2022-05-17** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2022-05-17** To Senate
- **2022-05-17** CCR read
- **2022-05-19** CCR adopted
- **2022-05-19** Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2022-05-19** Referred for enrollment
- **2022-05-20** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2022-05-20** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2022-05-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-26** Approved by Governor 05/26/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8d0537c-c0ed-42cf-86f3-0953c1c30ec4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).