---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure; court costs and fees; requiring courts to offer certain hearing; cost waiver or reduction exceptions; determinations; effective date."
description: "Criminal procedure; court costs and fees; requiring courts to offer certain hearing; cost waiver or reduction exceptions; determinations; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4237"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 4237 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gollihare", "Kannady"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a60b359-368a-4aba-bc3d-eaaebefbf244"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB4237&session=2600"
source_hash: "c6e99f0c8f5272e201b42746ccd399420fbebbd452a2f62647a5d22f386843b9"
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 4237 (2026) — Criminal procedure; court costs and fees; requiring courts to offer certain hearing; cost waiver or reduction exceptions; determinations; 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/HB4237 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Amendment to Amendment by OSBURN** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB4237 FA1-A1 OSBURNMI-CJC.PDF)
3. **1 Floor Amendment by KANNADY** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB4237 FA1 KANNADYCH-GRS.PDF)
4. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/HB4237 SAHB AND ENGR.PDF)
5. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB4237 PCS.PDF)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB4237 ENGR.PDF)
7. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB4237 ENR.PDF)
8. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB4237 HFLR.PDF)
9. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB4237 SFLR.PDF)
10. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB4237 CS.PDF)
11. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB4237 POLPCS1 CHRIS KANNADY-GRS.PDF)

## Votes

- Fourth Reading — **77–12** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–8** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **86–9** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Rules Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gollihare — primary (person)
- Kannady — 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 Kannady
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-04** Authored by Senator Gollihare (principal Senate author)
- **2026-03-26** General Order
- **2026-03-26** Amended by floor substitute
- **2026-03-26** Title stricken
- **2026-03-26** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 9 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-30** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-30** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-31** Coauthored by Representative Moore
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading referred to Judiciary Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-21** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-21** Title restored
- **2026-04-21** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-23** Withdrawn from Appropriations committee
- **2026-04-23** Placed on General Order
- **2026-04-29** General Order, Considered
- **2026-04-29** Measure passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 8 `passage`
- **2026-04-29** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-04-30** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-04-30** SA's received
- **2026-05-05** SA's read, adopted
- **2026-05-05** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 77 Nays: 12 `passage`
- **2026-05-05** 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/8a60b359-368a-4aba-bc3d-eaaebefbf244`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).