---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children; definitions; term; facilities; petition; protective order; evidence; court; codification; effective date; emergency."
description: "Children; definitions; term; facilities; petition; protective order; evidence; court; codification; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 2207"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2207 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lay", "Reinhardt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74f54c27-651e-442e-8faf-45d3599ac511"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2207&session=2600"
source_hash: "014251b13b8c4a7bde5252b730ac71bb3750421dd80b7077c4532a35d875e2b0"
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 2207 (2026) — Children; definitions; term; facilities; petition; protective order; evidence; court; codification; 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/HB2207 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB2207 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB2207 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB2207 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB2207 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Advance — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Civil Judiciary Committee: Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lay — primary (person)
- Reinhardt — 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 Lay
- **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`
- **2025-02-06** Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Civil Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27** CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27** Authored by Senator Reinhardt (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-24** General Order
- **2025-03-24** Coauthored by Representative(s) Deck
- **2025-03-24** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-25** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-25** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-24** Placed on General Order
- **2025-05-01** General Order, Considered
- **2025-05-01** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-05** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-05-05** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2025-05-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/11/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74f54c27-651e-442e-8faf-45d3599ac511`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).