---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure; disposing of unclaimed property; updating written notice requirements; effective date."
description: "Criminal procedure; disposing of unclaimed property; updating written notice requirements; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1996"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1996 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hamilton", "Turner"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4f709a8-77c6-42ae-b65d-2c1a9ca66c32"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1996&session=2600"
source_hash: "b812234a9aaa0340ebdcc6f24a5ff30c52805bad1cbfb75f38585bea657bc7eb"
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 1996 (2026) — Criminal procedure; disposing of unclaimed property; updating written notice requirements; 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/HB1996 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB1996 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB1996 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB1996 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB1996 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1996 CS.PDF)
7. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1996 POLREC.PDF)
8. **Proposed Policy Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1996 POLAMD1 TIM TURNER-GRS.PDF)

## Votes

- Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Criminal Judiciary Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **86–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **42–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hamilton — primary (person)
- Turner — 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 Turner
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Criminal Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Criminal Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-03** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-03** Authored by Senator Hamilton (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-11** General Order
- **2025-03-11** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-12** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-17** Placed on General Order
- **2025-05-08** General Order, Considered
- **2025-05-08** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-12** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-05-12** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2025-05-12** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-19** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/18/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4f709a8-77c6-42ae-b65d-2c1a9ca66c32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).