---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical marijuana; requiring medical marijuana business employees to submit proof of completion of education training; effective date."
description: "Medical marijuana; requiring medical marijuana business employees to submit proof of completion of education training; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 2837"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2837 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burns", "Coleman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1eea391a-3056-4a07-84fb-89e41166b1d4"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2837&session=2600"
source_hash: "e2a8a940b34fc9ffd34b9c81c27089c63f3a2a9df8b27745a3c0f0540e5d9ca9"
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 2837 (2026) — Medical marijuana; requiring medical marijuana business employees to submit proof of completion of education training; 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/HB2837 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/HB2837 SAHB AND ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2837 CA1.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB2837 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB2837 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB2837 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB2837 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Health And Human Services Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Alcohol, Tobacco And Controlled Substances Committee: Do Pass — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **31–14** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **86–9** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **75–12** (pass) · lower
- Of Education Training; Effective Date. — **8–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burns — primary (person)
- Coleman — 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** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Health and Human Services Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05** CR; Do Pass Health and Human Services Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05** Authored by Senator Coleman (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-11** General Order
- **2025-03-11** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 9 `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`
- **2025-04-24** Reported Do Pass as amended Business and Insurance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-29** Placed on General Order
- **2025-05-05** General Order, Considered
- **2025-05-05** Measure passed: Ayes: 31 Nays: 14 `passage`
- **2025-05-05** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-05-06** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-05-06** SA's received
- **2025-05-15** SA's read, adopted
- **2025-05-15** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 75 Nays: 12 `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** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/25/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1eea391a-3056-4a07-84fb-89e41166b1d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).