---
type: "Bill"
title: "Riots; penalties for participating; making certain acts unlawful; Governmental Tort Claims Act; exception; effective date."
description: "Riots; penalties for participating; making certain acts unlawful; Governmental Tort Claims Act; exception; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 3581"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3581 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gollihare", "Lepak"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3d2c948-d728-4387-90a8-77c60aa9286a"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3581&session=2600"
source_hash: "d3748c27cbaacd4933a1fecb42ab7deea2fbac2d985a3798be7a877cf7bdb6a5"
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 3581 (2026) — Riots; penalties for participating; making certain acts unlawful; Governmental Tort Claims Act; exception; 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/HB3581 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by CALDWELL** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB3581 FA1 CALDWELLTR-CJC.PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/HB3581 SAHB AND ENGR.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB3581 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB3581 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB3581 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB3581 SFLR.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3581 CS.PDF)
9. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3581 POLREC.PDF)
10. **Proposed Policy Committee Recommendation - - Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3581 POLREC-AMD1 MARK LEPAK-GRS.PDF)
11. **Proposed Policy Committee Recommendation - - Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3581 POLREC-AMD2 MARK LEPAK-GRS.PDF)
12. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3581 POLPCS1 MARK LEPAK-GRS.PDF)
13. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 - Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3581 POLPCS1-AMD1 MARK LEPAK-GRS.PDF)
14. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 - Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3581 POLPCS1-AMD2 MARK LEPAK-GRS.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **40–8** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **4–3** (pass) · upper
- Criminal Judiciary Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **74–16** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **72–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gollihare — primary (person)
- Lepak — 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 Lepak
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Criminal Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Criminal Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-11** Emergency added
- **2026-03-03** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** Authored by Senator Gollihare (principal Senate author)
- **2026-03-03** Emergency removed
- **2026-03-11** General Order
- **2026-03-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-11** Title stricken
- **2026-03-11** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 72 Nays: 17 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-12** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** Coauthored by Representative Woolley
- **2026-03-12** Coauthored by Representative Adams
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-21** Reported Do Pass as amended Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-21** Title restored
- **2026-04-23** Placed on General Order
- **2026-04-27** General Order, Considered
- **2026-04-27** Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 8 `passage`
- **2026-04-27** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-04-28** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-04-28** SA's received
- **2026-05-06** SA's read, adopted
- **2026-05-06** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 74 Nays: 16 `passage`
- **2026-05-06** 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 05/12/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3d2c948-d728-4387-90a8-77c60aa9286a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).