---
type: "Bill"
title: "Labor; Employment Security Act of 1980; rate reduction; increasing penalties; removing expenditure limit; effective date."
description: "Labor; Employment Security Act of 1980; rate reduction; increasing penalties; removing expenditure limit; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2456"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2456 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill", "Paxton"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 38
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/981fb968-c885-4721-b517-2046d33f55d7"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2456&session=2300"
source_hash: "b92ffa29ebba87d3bff3b1ddd1a1b64a0e108b40a849becc55b1ea4c59092667"
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 2456 (2023) — Labor; Employment Security Act of 1980; rate reduction; increasing penalties; removing expenditure limit; effective date.

## 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/HB2456 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by HILL (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB2456 FA1 HILLBR-LRB(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB2456 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB2456 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB2456 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB2456 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB2456 SFLR.PDF)
8. **HB2456 FULLPCS1 BRIAN HILL-LRB.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2456 FULLPCS1 BRIAN HILL-LRB.PDF)
9. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2456 CS.PDF)
10. **House Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCCS/HB2456 CCS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- Paxton — 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 Hill
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-20** General Order
- **2023-03-20** Authored by Senator Paxton (principal Senate author)
- **2023-03-20** House Rule suspended
- **2023-03-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-20** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-21** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-21** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading referred to Business and Commerce `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** Reported Do Pass Business and Commerce committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-27** General Order, Amended
- **2023-04-27** Title stricken
- **2023-04-27** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-05-01** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-05-01** SA's received
- **2023-05-08** SA's rejected, conference requested, conferees to be named later
- **2023-05-15** HC's named: Conference Committee on Rules
- **2023-05-17** Naming of conferees rescinded
- **2023-05-18** HC's named: Conference Committee on Rules
- **2023-05-18** Conference granted, SCs named Paxton, McCortney, Daniels, Kidd, Haste, Rader
- **2023-05-22** CCR submitted
- **2023-05-22** Title restored
- **2023-05-24** CCR adopted
- **2023-05-24** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2023-05-24** To Senate
- **2023-05-24** CCR read
- **2023-05-25** CCR adopted
- **2023-05-25** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 39 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-05-26** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2023-05-26** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2023-05-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-26** Approved by Governor 06/07/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/981fb968-c885-4721-b517-2046d33f55d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).