---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure; defining term; effective date."
description: "Criminal procedure; defining term; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 2537"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2537 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George", "Gollihare"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/860bc5d7-65c7-4afc-8a53-2390536dcb49"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2537&session=2400"
source_hash: "cc727e580e9dae283db731e804b2d24eacf8151812f3c2105b005e4eb5f1ddb7"
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 2537 (2024) — Criminal procedure; defining term; 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/HB2537 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB2537 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB2537 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB2537 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB2537 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Judiciary — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **40–3** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary - Criminal Committee: Do Pass — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **73–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- George — primary (person)
- Gollihare — 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 Humphrey
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Criminal `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Remove Representative Humphrey as principal House author and substitute with Representative George
- **2023-02-20** Withdrawn from Judiciary - Criminal Committee
- **2023-02-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Judiciary - Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** CR; Do Pass Judiciary - Criminal Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23** Coauthored by Representative(s) Humphrey
- **2023-03-20** General Order
- **2023-03-20** Authored by Senator Gollihare (principal Senate author)
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 73 Nays: 16 `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`
- **2023-03-21** Coauthored by Representative McDugle
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-18** General Order, Considered
- **2023-04-18** Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-19** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2023-04-19** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2023-04-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor 04/21/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/860bc5d7-65c7-4afc-8a53-2390536dcb49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).