---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wrongful convictions; increasing liability amount for claims of wrongful incarceration; codification."
description: "Wrongful convictions; increasing liability amount for claims of wrongful incarceration; codification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 2235"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2235 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniels", "Munson"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 42
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8ff2736-52df-4dee-9024-f7ae9a1e4c26"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2235&session=2600"
source_hash: "cc38ee6dbbccef8e581b3b5a38e62240257ee0f6951a5167ca2346449da1f761"
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 2235 (2026) — Wrongful convictions; increasing liability amount for claims of wrongful incarceration; codification.

## 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/HB2235 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/HB2235 SAHB AND ENGR.PDF)
3. **Amendment to Sub Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2235 SUBREC-AMD1 CYNDI MUNSON-GRS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB2235 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB2235 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB2235 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB2235 SFLR.PDF)
8. **HB2235 (5-05-25) (DANIELS) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2235 (5-05-25) (DANIELS) RT FA1.PDF)
9. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2235 CS.PDF)
10. **Proposed Committee Amendment (sub committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2235 SUBAMD1 CYNDI MUNSON-GRS.PDF)
11. **Sub Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2235 SUBREC.PDF)

## Votes

- Emergency — **41–37** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **31–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **75–13** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations And Budget Judiciary Subcommittee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **51–32** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Appropriations — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **42–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniels — primary (person)
- Munson — 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 Munson
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Judiciary Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Judiciary Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06** Coauthored by Representative(s) Deck, Kannady, Archer, Humphrey
- **2025-03-06** Authored by Senator Daniels (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-06** Title stricken
- **2025-03-27** General Order
- **2025-03-27** Coauthored by Representative(s) Manger
- **2025-03-27** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 75 Nays: 13 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-27** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-31** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-31** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-31** Coauthored by Representative Stewart
- **2025-03-31** Coauthored by Representative Pittman
- **2025-03-31** Coauthored by Representative Woolley
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Judiciary Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Reported Do Pass as amended Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-08** Enacting clause stricken
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** Coauthored by Senator Goodwin
- **2025-04-16** Reported Do Pass Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-21** Placed on General Order
- **2025-05-06** General Order, Amended
- **2025-05-06** Title restored
- **2025-05-06** Enacting clause restored
- **2025-05-06** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-05-07** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-05-07** SA's received
- **2025-05-15** SA's read, adopted
- **2025-05-15** Coauthored by Representative(s) Hefner
- **2025-05-15** Fourth Reading, Measure passed and Emergency failed: Ayes: 51 Nays: 32; Ayes: 41 Nays: 37 `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-19** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-05-19** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2025-05-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-27** Approved by Governor 05/24/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-27** Line item vetoed 05/24/2025
- **2025-05-27** (1) the provision in Section 2 that amends 51 OS 2021, 154.B to add a new subsection B.8, and (2) Section 4.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8ff2736-52df-4dee-9024-f7ae9a1e4c26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).