---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property; Oklahoma Safe Neighborhoods Act of 2026; requiring compensation for certain property damage; claims; effective date."
description: "Property; Oklahoma Safe Neighborhoods Act of 2026; requiring compensation for certain property damage; claims; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 3985"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3985 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell (Trey)", "Daniels"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/951285ea-4c31-48c5-9466-afc51cc05b9d"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3985&session=2600"
source_hash: "df0918cc822add5464801e327fb95b758b38bb1f5c40f11778cd9c3dc6226b3f"
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 3985 (2026) — Property; Oklahoma Safe Neighborhoods Act of 2026; requiring compensation for certain property damage; claims; 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/HB3985 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB3985 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB3985 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB3985 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB3985 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3985 CS.PDF)
7. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3985 POLREC.PDF)
8. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3985 POLPCS1 TREY CALDWELL-ZSL.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **77–16** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **30–16** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- Government Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **12–3** (pass) · lower
- County And Municipal Government Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell (Trey) — primary (person)
- Daniels — 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 Caldwell (Trey)
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Government Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to County and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute County and Municipal Government `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-12** Authored by Senator Daniels (principal Senate author)
- **2026-03-02** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Government Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-02** Coauthored by Representative(s) CrosswhiteHader
- **2026-03-24** General Order
- **2026-03-24** Coauthored by Representative(s) George
- **2026-03-24** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 77 Nays: 16 `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`
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading referred to Local and County Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-07** Reported Do Pass Local and County Government committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-09** Placed on General Order
- **2026-04-09** Coauthored by Senator Stanley
- **2026-04-15** Coauthored by Senator Gillespie
- **2026-04-20** Coauthored by Senator Standridge
- **2026-04-29** General Order, Considered
- **2026-04-29** Measure passed: Ayes: 30 Nays: 16 `passage`
- **2026-04-29** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2026-04-29** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-04-30** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2026-04-30** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2026-04-30** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-06** 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/951285ea-4c31-48c5-9466-afc51cc05b9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).