---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cities and towns; publication; municipal ordinances; effective date."
description: "Cities and towns; publication; municipal ordinances; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4303"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 4303 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair", "Gillespie"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0304aeb-29bc-4d95-a9e8-ae950627a117"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB4303&session=2600"
source_hash: "1d20a3a841e494543df3c82b93748ac5f67f6edf00609ab1ed083a10033faa58"
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 4303 (2026) — Cities and towns; publication; municipal ordinances; 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/HB4303 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB4303 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB4303 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB4303 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB4303 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Government Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- County And Municipal Government Committee: Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blair — primary (person)
- Gillespie — 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 Blair
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Government Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to County and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass County and Municipal Government `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** CR; Do Pass Government Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** Authored by Senator Gillespie (principal Senate author)
- **2026-03-17** General Order
- **2026-03-17** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 78 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-17** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-23** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-23** 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
- **2026-04-15** General Order, Considered
- **2026-04-15** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 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/d0304aeb-29bc-4d95-a9e8-ae950627a117`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).