---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and occupations; accountant examination; criminal history record; effective date."
description: "Professions and occupations; accountant examination; criminal history record; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 2736"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2736 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvord", "Kendrix"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe41871e-7849-4c5c-abcb-dee22690a20b"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2736&session=2600"
source_hash: "f56c6377b44d03ea49ffd312923bf49593908bae38c9903d19560dcc64e6e59d"
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 2736 (2026) — Professions and occupations; accountant examination; criminal history record; 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/HB2736 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB2736 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB2736 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB2736 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB2736 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2736 CS.PDF)
7. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2736 POLREC.PDF)
8. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2736 POLPCS1 GERRID KENDRIX-TKR.PDF)

## Votes

- Commerce And Economic Development Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Business Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alvord — primary (person)
- Kendrix — 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 Kendrix
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Commerce and Economic Development Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Business `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Policy recommendation to the Commerce and Economic Development Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26** Authored by Senator Alvord (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-11** General Order
- **2025-03-11** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 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 Business and Insurance `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Reported Do Pass Business and Insurance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-15** Placed on General Order
- **2025-05-06** General Order, Considered
- **2025-05-06** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-07** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-05-07** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2025-05-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-14** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/14/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe41871e-7849-4c5c-abcb-dee22690a20b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).