---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts; jurisdiction of special judges; applications for court orders to issue titles; effective date."
description: "Courts; jurisdiction of special judges; applications for court orders to issue titles; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 3499"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3499 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duel", "Howard"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7cd1245-d1ab-4de9-a630-ab4f660c0b26"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3499&session=2600"
source_hash: "f6cedeefdca2372f36ee474c2bf60a33e248bd355044327e719c7594245f26d0"
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 3499 (2026) — Courts; jurisdiction of special judges; applications for court orders to issue titles; 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/HB3499 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB3499 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB3499 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB3499 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB3499 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3499 CS.PDF)
7. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3499 POLPCS1 COLLIN DUEL-AQH.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **84–5** (pass) · lower
- Rules Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Duel — primary (person)
- Howard — 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 Duel
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-10** General Order
- **2026-03-10** Authored by Senator Howard (principal Senate author)
- **2026-03-10** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-11** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-11** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-07** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-09** Placed on General Order
- **2026-04-29** General Order, Considered
- **2026-04-29** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `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/e7cd1245-d1ab-4de9-a630-ab4f660c0b26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).