---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children; Children's Code; term; procedure if jury trial is waived; individualized service plan; termination of parental rights; district attorney; exceptions; informal adjustments; Office of Juvenile Affairs; effective date."
description: "Children; Children's Code; term; procedure if jury trial is waived; individualized service plan; termination of parental rights; district attorney; exceptions; informal adjustments; Office of Juvenile Affairs; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1965"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1965 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bullard", "Williams"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a427b1e3-6a5a-4e48-b8cb-91eba4b08086"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1965&session=2600"
source_hash: "8de793b4a2393b769d614a72bfba6e8eba4533db997e746dad7211d8a9aaa5c6"
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 1965 (2026) — Children; Children's Code; term; procedure if jury trial is waived; individualized service plan; termination of parental rights; district attorney; exceptions; informal adjustments; Office of Juvenile Affairs; effective date.

## 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/HB1965 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by WILLIAMS (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB1965 FA1 WILLIAMSDA-CMA(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **2 Floor Amendment by CALDWELL** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB1965 FA2 CALDWELLTR-CC.PDF)
4. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/HB1965 SAHB AND ENGR.PDF)
5. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1965 CA1.PDF)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB1965 ENGR.PDF)
7. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB1965 ENR.PDF)
8. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB1965 HFLR.PDF)
9. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB1965 SFLR.PDF)
10. **HB1965 (4-30-25) (BULLARD) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1965 (4-30-25) (BULLARD) FS FA1.PDF)
11. **HB1965 (4-30-25) (BULLARD) RT FA2.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1965 (4-30-25) (BULLARD) RT FA2.PDF)
12. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1965 CS.PDF)
13. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1965 POLREC.PDF)
14. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1965 POLPCS1 DANNY WILLIAMS-CMA.PDF)

## Votes

- Civil Judiciary Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **90–3** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bullard — primary (person)
- Williams — 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 Williams
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Civil Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24** Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Civil Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10** Authored by Senator Bullard (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-26** General Order
- **2025-03-26** Amended by floor substitute
- **2025-03-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-26** Title stricken
- **2025-03-26** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 3 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-27** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-27** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15** Reported Do Pass as amended Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-17** Placed on General Order
- **2025-04-23** Coauthored by Senator Pederson
- **2025-05-07** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2025-05-07** Title restored
- **2025-05-07** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-05-08** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-05-08** SA's received
- **2025-05-21** SA's read, adopted
- **2025-05-21** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-21** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-05-21** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2025-05-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/28/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a427b1e3-6a5a-4e48-b8cb-91eba4b08086`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).