---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans; terms; guidelines; effective date."
description: "Veterans; terms; guidelines; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 2836"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2836 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duel", "Stanley"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58a49536-85aa-4027-b864-20fa1c017524"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2836&session=2600"
source_hash: "2f76c44841e320afee6c43d8c191d828c883f52f8d4b5902707cf0bd64ecf552"
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 2836 (2026) — Veterans; terms; guidelines; 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/HB2836 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by HILDEBRANT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB2836 FA1 HILDEBRANTDE-TKR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2836 FULLAMD1 DERRICK HILDEBRANT-TKR.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB2836 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB2836 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB2836 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB2836 SFLR.PDF)
8. **Proposed Policy Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2836 POLAMD1 DERRICK HILDEBRANT-TKR.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **42–3** (pass) · upper
- Health And Human Services Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **11–3** (pass) · lower
- Veterans And Military Affairs Committee: Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Veterans & Military Affairs — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Duel — primary (person)
- Stanley — 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 Burns
- **2025-02-04** Remove Representative Burns as principal House author and substitute with Representative Duel
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Veterans and Military Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass Veterans and Military Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-06** Coauthored by Representative(s) Burns
- **2025-03-06** CR; Do Pass Health and Human Services Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06** Authored by Senator Stanley (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-25** General Order
- **2025-03-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 94 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-26** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-26** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Reported Do Pass Veterans and Military Affairs committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-15** Placed on General Order
- **2025-05-07** General Order, Considered
- **2025-05-07** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-08** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-05-08** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2025-05-08** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-15** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/15/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58a49536-85aa-4027-b864-20fa1c017524`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).