---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer protection; Emergency Price Stabilization Act; exceptions; natural gas; emergency."
description: "Consumer protection; Emergency Price Stabilization Act; exceptions; natural gas; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2561"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2561 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McBride", "Montgomery"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a54fa32-6fc6-4c3c-9e53-782b5783a3cb"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2561&session=2300"
source_hash: "ce4f8225f2bf863aca39370c63f51dde8c8d7d1569c7aa934e3cbd243fa4e57b"
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 2561 (2023) — Consumer protection; Emergency Price Stabilization Act; exceptions; natural gas; 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/HB2561 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by FUGATE (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB2561 FA1 FUGATEAN-JL(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB2561 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB2561 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB2561 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB2561 SFLR.PDF)
7. **HB2561 FULLAMD1 MARK MCBRIDE-JL.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2561 FULLAMD1 MARK MCBRIDE-JL.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2561 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- McBride — 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 McBride, ODonnell
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Energy and Natural Resources `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Energy and Natural Resources Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23** Authored by Senator Montgomery (principal Senate author)
- **2023-03-06** General Order
- **2023-03-06** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 81 Nays: 12 `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`
- **2023-03-23** Second Reading referred to Energy and Telecommunications `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Reported Do Pass Energy and Telecommunications committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26** General Order, Considered
- **2023-04-26** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 9 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-27** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2023-04-27** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2023-04-27** 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/4a54fa32-6fc6-4c3c-9e53-782b5783a3cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).