---
type: "Bill"
title: "State government; creating the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology Program Modernization Act; modifying powers and duties; effective date."
description: "State government; creating the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology Program Modernization Act; modifying powers and duties; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2463"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2463 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill", "Thompson (Kristen)"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79930104-185c-4dd3-8c28-a1ee1b96036c"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2463&session=2300"
source_hash: "13b510261f414de0b1ddeb1127774e6fe10a43cdf43b13ccbccb78175d645e1a"
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 2463 (2023) — State government; creating the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology Program Modernization Act; modifying powers and duties; 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/HB2463 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB2463 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB2463 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB2463 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB2463 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- Thompson (Kristen) — 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 General Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** CR; Do Pass General Government Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06** General Order
- **2023-03-06** Authored by Senator Paxton (principal Senate author)
- **2023-03-06** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 94 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-07** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-07** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** Coauthored by Representative Pittman
- **2023-03-23** 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`
- **2023-04-18** Remove as author Senator Paxton; authored by Senator Thompson (Kristen)
- **2023-04-18** Coauthored by Senator Paxton
- **2023-04-19** General Order, Considered
- **2023-04-19** Measure passed: Ayes: 47 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-20** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2023-04-20** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2023-04-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-26** Approved by Governor 04/26/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79930104-185c-4dd3-8c28-a1ee1b96036c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).