---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles; removing provisions authorizing certain seizure of license plates; emergency."
description: "Motor vehicles; removing provisions authorizing certain seizure of license plates; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 2215"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2215 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvord", "Bashore"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53e5ff9a-4edd-4961-a9a4-bb1072ea35b3"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2215&session=2600"
source_hash: "060356e30d51b8163fc473c1b2f6b6dadb37ec2b2e1cd849f57bbcf4a6b39386"
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 2215 (2026) — Motor vehicles; removing provisions authorizing certain seizure of license plates; 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/HB2215 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB2215 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB2215 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB2215 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB2215 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Aeronautics & Transportation — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **88–4** (pass) · lower
- Public Safety Committee: Do Pass — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Advance — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alvord — primary (person)
- Bashore — 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 Bashore
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Public Safety `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06** CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06** Authored by Senator Alvord (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-24** General Order
- **2025-03-24** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 4 `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 Aeronautics and Transportation `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14** Reported Do Pass Aeronautics and Transportation committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-16** Placed on General Order
- **2025-05-01** General Order, Considered
- **2025-05-01** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 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/53e5ff9a-4edd-4961-a9a4-bb1072ea35b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).