---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prisons and reformatories; authorizing the transport of inmate to certain facility; repealer; effective date."
description: "Prisons and reformatories; authorizing the transport of inmate to certain facility; repealer; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 2951"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2951 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hardin", "Kern"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b75d2c4-d3d5-481f-bf86-446afe1dd869"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2951&session=2600"
source_hash: "4d6bc65d7548fe627e2f35b2cc5fd8f416f6dabdab08774be2f46ed2383fbdc7"
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 2951 (2026) — Prisons and reformatories; authorizing the transport of inmate to certain facility; repealer; 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/HB2951 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/HB2951 SAHB AND ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2951 CA1.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB2951 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB2951 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB2951 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB2951 SFLR.PDF)
8. **HB2951 (4-22-26) (KERN) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2951 (4-22-26) (KERN) FA1.PDF)

## Votes

- Public Safety — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- Fourth Reading — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **91–2** (pass) · lower
- Public Safety Committee: Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hardin — primary (person)
- Kern — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-02-02** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** Authored by Representative Hardin
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Public Safety `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-24** CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-24** Authored by Senator Woods (principal Senate author)
- **2026-03-04** General Order
- **2026-03-04** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-05** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-14** Remove as author Senator Woods; authored by Senator Kern
- **2026-04-14** Reported Do Pass as amended Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-16** Placed on General Order
- **2026-04-27** General Order, Amended
- **2026-04-27** Measure passed: Ayes: 48 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-27** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-04-28** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-04-28** SA's received
- **2026-05-04** SA's read, adopted
- **2026-05-04** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2026-05-04** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-05-05** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2026-05-05** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2026-05-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** Approved by Governor 05/07/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b75d2c4-d3d5-481f-bf86-446afe1dd869`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).