---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children; Early Childhood Task Force; membership; election; reports; compensation or reimbursement; expenses; Open Records Act; Open Meeting Act; advice; vision statement; mission; principles; codification; effective date."
description: "Children; Early Childhood Task Force; membership; election; reports; compensation or reimbursement; expenses; Open Records Act; Open Meeting Act; advice; vision statement; mission; principles; codification; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1979"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1979 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall", "Ranson"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb231bb0-0339-46da-8e9e-67f008ba54ac"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1979&session=2600"
source_hash: "27475e2b8ac146dd9492b205c298290a1baffce772f563bd69c8fe82b9345068"
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 1979 (2026) — Children; Early Childhood Task Force; membership; election; reports; compensation or reimbursement; expenses; Open Records Act; Open Meeting Act; advice; vision statement; mission; principles; codification; 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/HB1979 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/HB1979 SAHB AND ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1979 PCS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB1979 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB1979 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB1979 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB1979 SFLR.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1979 CS.PDF)
9. **Proposed Committee Amendment (sub committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1979 SUBAMD1 TRISH RANSON-CMA.PDF)
10. **Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1979 FULLPCS1 TRISH RANSON-CMA.PDF)
11. **Proposed Committee Substitute (sub committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1979 SUBPCS1 TRISH RANSON-CMA.PDF)
12. **Proposed Policy Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1979 POLAMD1 TRISH RANSON-CMA.PDF)
13. **Sub Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1979 SUBREC.PDF)

## Votes

- Reconsider Measure — **62–30** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–9** (pass) · upper
- Fourth Reading — **65–26** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **46–43** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **25–2** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations And Budget General Government Subcommittee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **59–33** (pass) · lower
- Health & Human Services — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)
- Ranson — 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 Ranson
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** Coauthored by Representative(s) Waldron
- **2026-03-05** Authored by Senator Hall (principal Senate author)
- **2026-03-16** General Order
- **2026-03-16** Coauthored by Representative(s) Archer, Pae, Lawson, Provenzano, Hefner
- **2026-03-16** Third Reading, Measure failed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 43 `reading-3`
- **2026-03-16** Notice served to reconsider vote by Representative Ranson
- **2026-03-23** Motion to reconsider adopted: Ayes: 62 Nays: 30
- **2026-03-23** Coauthored by Representative(s) Schreiber
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 59 Nays: 33 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-23** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-24** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-24** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-24** Coauthored by Representative Munson
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-16** Coauthored by Representative Dollens
- **2026-04-20** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-22** Placed on General Order
- **2026-04-28** General Order, Considered
- **2026-04-28** Measure passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 9 `passage`
- **2026-04-28** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-04-28** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-04-28** SA's received
- **2026-05-04** SA's read, adopted
- **2026-05-04** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 65 Nays: 26 `passage`
- **2026-05-04** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-05-05** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2026-05-05** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2026-05-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** Approved by Governor 05/11/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb231bb0-0339-46da-8e9e-67f008ba54ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).