---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts; special judges; increasing number in specific counties; effective date; emergency."
description: "Courts; special judges; increasing number in specific counties; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 2771"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2771 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell (Trey)", "Hall"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b71f616-057c-4554-acc4-754e46594eed"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2771&session=2600"
source_hash: "516492d5d24e0f7b5f25287128903b520b4e58dda6a00d50f504ae24dfc15444"
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 2771 (2026) — Courts; special judges; increasing number in specific counties; 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/HB2771 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB2771 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB2771 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB2771 HFLR.PDF)
5. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2771 CS.PDF)
6. **Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2771 FULLPCS1 TREY CALDWELL-MKS.PDF)
7. **Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2771 FULLPCS2 TREY CALDWELL-JM.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **83–5** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **34–10** (pass) · upper
- Joint Committee On Appropriations And Budget — **23–1** (pass) · upper
- Joint Committee On Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **26–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell (Trey) — primary (person)
- Hall — 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 Caldwell (Trey), Kane
- **2025-02-03** Authored by Senator Hall (principal Senate author)
- **2025-02-03** Coauthored by Senator(s) Haste
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-19** JCR; Do pass, amended by committee substitute Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-19** Emergency added
- **2025-05-20** General Order
- **2025-05-20** JCR adopted
- **2025-05-20** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-05-20** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-20** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-21** Direct to Calendar
- **2025-05-22** JCR adopted
- **2025-05-22** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 34 Nays: 10 `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-22** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-05-22** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2025-05-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-29** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/29/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b71f616-057c-4554-acc4-754e46594eed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).