---
type: "Bill"
title: "Soldiers and sailors; Department of Veterans Affairs; seasonal employees; codification; effective date."
description: "Soldiers and sailors; Department of Veterans Affairs; seasonal employees; codification; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 3043"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3043 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stanley", "West (Josh)"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fb76f7a-7605-45cb-9eea-b077b9b11582"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3043&session=2600"
source_hash: "284ee6d29e82c0e0f8856e362a3a0612631abad450572e7c17f8074555d0eac1"
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 3043 (2026) — Soldiers and sailors; Department of Veterans Affairs; seasonal employees; codification; 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/HB3043 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB3043 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB3043 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB3043 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB3043 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3043 CS.PDF)
7. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3043 POLREC.PDF)
8. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3043 POLPCS1 JOSH WEST-TKR.PDF)

## Votes

- Health And Human Services Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Veterans And Military Affairs Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Veterans & Military Affairs — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **37–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stanley — primary (person)
- West (Josh) — 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 West (Josh)
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Veteran and Military Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Veteran and Military Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-09** Authored by Senator Stanley (principal Senate author)
- **2026-02-16** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-18** General Order
- **2026-02-18** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 97 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-02-19** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-19** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09** Reported Do Pass Veterans and Military Affairs committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-14** Placed on General Order
- **2026-04-29** General Order, Considered
- **2026-04-29** Measure passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 6 `passage`
- **2026-04-29** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2026-04-29** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-04-29** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2026-04-29** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2026-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-05** Approved by Governor 05/05/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2fb76f7a-7605-45cb-9eea-b077b9b11582`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).