---
type: "Bill"
title: "Long-term care; transfer of employees, powers, duties, monies and contractual rights; informal dispute resolution process; effective dates; emergency."
description: "Long-term care; transfer of employees, powers, duties, monies and contractual rights; informal dispute resolution process; effective dates; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2824"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2824 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergstrom", "Kendrix"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af34168c-32d1-4421-b7a6-5af9aeb9d6c3"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2824&session=2300"
source_hash: "e13bb9b9f604f8b8e2eb42e740e221929d46387595896c0bebd22558a62e7838"
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 2824 (2023) — Long-term care; transfer of employees, powers, duties, monies and contractual rights; informal dispute resolution process; effective dates; 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/HB2824 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by KENDRIX (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB2824 FA1 KENDRIXGE-TJ(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB2824 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2824 PCS.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB2824 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB2824 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB2824 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB2824 SFLR.PDF)
9. **HB2824 (4-25-23) (BERGSTROM) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2824 (4-25-23) (BERGSTROM) FS FA1.PDF)
10. **HB2824 (4-25-23) (BERGSTROM) RT FA2.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2824 (4-25-23) (BERGSTROM) RT FA2.PDF)
11. **HB2824 FULLPCS1 GERRID KENDRIX-TJ.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2824 FULLPCS1 GERRID KENDRIX-TJ.PDF)
12. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2824 CS.PDF)
13. **Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCSH/HB2824 SCSH.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Bergstrom — primary (person)
- Kendrix — 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 Kendrix
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Administrative Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Administrative Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02** Authored by Senator Bergstrom (principal Senate author)
- **2023-03-02** Emergency removed
- **2023-03-21** General Order
- **2023-03-21** House Rule suspended
- **2023-03-21** Amended by floor substitute
- **2023-03-21** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-21** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-22** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-22** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-13** Title stricken
- **2023-04-13** Emergency added
- **2023-04-26** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2023-04-26** Title restored
- **2023-04-26** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-04-27** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-04-27** SA's received
- **2023-05-16** SA's read, adopted
- **2023-05-16** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-05-17** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2023-05-17** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2023-05-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-22** Approved by Governor 05/22/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af34168c-32d1-4421-b7a6-5af9aeb9d6c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).