---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children; Office of Juvenile Affairs; powers and duties; Executive Director; emergency."
description: "Children; Office of Juvenile Affairs; powers and duties; Executive Director; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1842"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1842 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kerbs", "Montgomery"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f88aefb7-a973-4850-b3cf-985da8964af3"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1842&session=2300"
source_hash: "4082e985013522b8447a62a4eab1209bd8f2a537bc4c60d9022538e5da02cf3a"
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 1842 (2023) — Children; Office of Juvenile Affairs; powers and duties; Executive Director; 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/2023-24 INT/hB/HB1842 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB1842 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB1842 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB1842 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB1842 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Kerbs — primary (person)
- Montgomery — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Representative Kerbs
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** CR; Do Pass General Government Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Authored by Senator Montgomery (principal Senate author)
- **2023-02-21** General Order
- **2023-02-21** Coauthored by Representative(s) Munson, Pittman
- **2023-02-21** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 3 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-02-22** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-02-22** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-24** General Order, Considered
- **2023-04-24** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 6 `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-25** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2023-04-25** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2023-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** Approved by Governor 05/01/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f88aefb7-a973-4850-b3cf-985da8964af3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).