---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections; directing for ballots to be printed in advance of election; hours for voting; clarifying applicability to county election board; directing voter appear at assigned polling place; prohibiting voting centers; effective date; emergency."
description: "Elections; directing for ballots to be printed in advance of election; hours for voting; clarifying applicability to county election board; directing voter appear at assigned polling place; prohibiting voting centers; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1865"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1865 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergstrom", "Roberts"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e097a957-e5f9-464b-a130-67b9c922d655"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1865&session=2600"
source_hash: "47d23bbbb141795cd1553b68d5c8ce05bf5d7e77843c25c818d0130ff0d5a5d6"
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 1865 (2026) — Elections; directing for ballots to be printed in advance of election; hours for voting; clarifying applicability to county election board; directing voter appear at assigned polling place; prohibiting voting centers; effective date; emergency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 INT/hB/HB1865 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/HB1865 SAHB AND ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1865 CA1.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB1865 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB1865 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB1865 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB1865 SFLR.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1865 CS.PDF)
9. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1865 POLPCS1 ERIC ROBERTS-MJ.PDF)
10. **Sub Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1865 SUBREC.PDF)

## Votes

- Government Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **11–3** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–8** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **70–15** (pass) · lower
- Elections And Ethics Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **68–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bergstrom — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Authored by Representative Roberts
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Government Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Elections and Ethics `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Elections and Ethics `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-11** Authored by Senator Bergstrom (principal Senate author)
- **2025-02-26** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Government Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-12** General Order
- **2025-03-12** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 70 Nays: 15 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-13** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-13** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Reported Do Pass as amended Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-24** Placed on General Order
- **2025-05-07** General Order, Considered
- **2025-05-07** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 8 `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-05-08** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-05-08** SA's received
- **2025-05-15** SA's read, adopted
- **2025-05-15** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 68 Nays: 16 `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-19** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-05-19** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2025-05-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-27** Approved by Governor 05/22/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e097a957-e5f9-464b-a130-67b9c922d655`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).