---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; student abuse or neglect reporting; superintendents and administrators; school employees; law enforcement; interviews; investigations; duty to report; electronic communication; violations; effective date; emergency."
description: "Schools; student abuse or neglect reporting; superintendents and administrators; school employees; law enforcement; interviews; investigations; duty to report; electronic communication; violations; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 2959"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2959 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bashore", "Thompson (Kristen)"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c64f32fc-85ab-4a7b-8cd1-df8f1c941307"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2959&session=2600"
source_hash: "0217483c2fdd4fc0d66d7a364cfbc077533720a8c250242951b5bcfa84577ad4"
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 2959 (2026) — Schools; student abuse or neglect reporting; superintendents and administrators; school employees; law enforcement; interviews; investigations; duty to report; electronic communication; violations; 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/HB2959 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB2959 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB2959 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB2959 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB2959 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2959 CS.PDF)
7. **Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2959 FULLPCS1 STEVE BASHORE-SW.PDF)

## Votes

- Education — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Civil Judiciary Committee: Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bashore — primary (person)
- Thompson (Kristen) — 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 Bashore
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Civil Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Civil Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-19** Coauthored by Representative(s) Manger
- **2026-03-03** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** Authored by Senator Thompson (principal Senate author)
- **2026-03-24** General Order
- **2026-03-24** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 95 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-25** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-25** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-25** Coauthored by Representative Rosecrants
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-07** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-09** Placed on General Order
- **2026-04-21** Coauthored by Representative Wolfley
- **2026-05-05** General Order, Considered
- **2026-05-05** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-05-06** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2026-05-06** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2026-05-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-12** Approved by Governor 05/11/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c64f32fc-85ab-4a7b-8cd1-df8f1c941307`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).