---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utilities; exempting persons determined to be victims of certain crimes from paying initial credit and deposit for utilities; emergency."
description: "Utilities; exempting persons determined to be victims of certain crimes from paying initial credit and deposit for utilities; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2242"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2242 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dobrinski", "Pugh"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c390b59b-1de3-4c47-96ba-84aa1a126303"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2242&session=2300"
source_hash: "b3a646baf5fb8f2c66c6c90c033c214f405354d8535d005c67e7bc5bdbaffa64"
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 2242 (2023) — Utilities; exempting persons determined to be victims of certain crimes from paying initial credit and deposit for utilities; 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/HB2242 INT.PDF)
2. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB2242 ENR.PDF)
3. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB2242 HFLR.PDF)
4. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB2242 SFLR.PDF)
5. **HB2242 FULLPCS1 MIKE DOBRINSKI-JBH.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2242 FULLPCS1 MIKE DOBRINSKI-JBH.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2242 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Dobrinski — primary (person)
- Pugh — 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 Dobrinski
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Criminal `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Withdrawn from Judiciary - Criminal Committee
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Utilities Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Emergency added
- **2023-03-09** General Order
- **2023-03-09** Coauthored by Representative(s) Dollens
- **2023-03-09** Authored by Senator Pugh (principal Senate author)
- **2023-03-09** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-13** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-13** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Coauthored by Representative Roe
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** Reported Do Pass General Government committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25** General Order, Considered
- **2023-04-25** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-26** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2023-04-26** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2023-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-02** Approved by Governor 05/02/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c390b59b-1de3-4c47-96ba-84aa1a126303`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).