---
type: "Bill"
title: "Counties and county officers; procedures for operation of county government; interlocal agreements; effective date."
description: "Counties and county officers; procedures for operation of county government; interlocal agreements; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 2165"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2165 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murdock", "Pfeiffer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39612be1-cf7e-4fa2-889a-6ed3b6b4d51b"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2165&session=2600"
source_hash: "20bbdb7a2af12621b6628412186715f26622e55c8345a359e209be03917e7b7d"
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 2165 (2026) — Counties and county officers; procedures for operation of county government; interlocal agreements; 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/HB2165 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB2165 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB2165 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB2165 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB2165 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Government Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **13–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **73–6** (pass) · lower
- County And Municipal Government Committee: Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Murdock — primary (person)
- Pfeiffer — 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 Pfeiffer
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Government Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to County and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass County and Municipal Government `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04** CR; Do Pass Government Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04** Authored by Senator Murdock (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-13** General Order
- **2025-03-13** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 73 Nays: 6 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-17** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-17** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Coauthored by Representative Cantrell
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Local and County Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Reported Do Pass Local and County Government committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-24** Placed on General Order
- **2025-04-28** General Order, Considered
- **2025-04-28** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-28** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2025-04-28** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-04-29** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-04-29** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2025-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-06** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/06/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39612be1-cf7e-4fa2-889a-6ed3b6b4d51b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).