---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes; Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs; reauthorization; effective date."
description: "Taxes; Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs; reauthorization; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 3044"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3044 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stanley", "West (Josh)"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b4c2932-e0b0-4175-886f-e6849597f50e"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3044&session=2600"
source_hash: "2c3a69119d41e71cf844689265545d9653461bd4ce1e4b108c2942b75bafeca9"
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 3044 (2026) — Taxes; Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs; reauthorization; 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/HB3044 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB3044 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB3044 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB3044 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB3044 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Health And Human Services Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Veterans And Military Affairs Committee: Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## 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`
- **2026-02-05** Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass Veteran and Military Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-05** Coauthored by Representative(s) Fugate
- **2026-02-05** Authored by Senator Stanley (principal Senate author)
- **2026-02-12** CR; Do Pass Health and Human Services Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-17** General Order
- **2026-02-17** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 95 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-02-18** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-18** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading referred to Revenue and Taxation `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-06** Reported Do Pass Revenue and Taxation committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-08** Placed on General Order
- **2026-04-15** General Order, Considered
- **2026-04-15** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-04-16** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2026-04-16** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2026-04-16** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-20** Approved by Governor 04/17/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b4c2932-e0b0-4175-886f-e6849597f50e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).