---
type: "Bill"
title: "Guardian and ward; including court determination for capacity of ward to receive hospice program services; effective date."
description: "Guardian and ward; including court determination for capacity of ward to receive hospice program services; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 2605"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2605 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conley", "McCortney"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/def75d35-1e84-4311-92b9-c6971389d44d"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2605&session=2000"
source_hash: "100ac23761acb8fa9a8b0607d48b7e049647264b5e8e742e0e66bcf6022483fc"
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 2605 (2020) — Guardian and ward; including court determination for capacity of ward to receive hospice program services; effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 INT/hB/HB2605 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by CALDWELL** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB2605 FA1 CALDWELLCH-EK(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB2605 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB2605 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB2605 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB2605 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- SUSPEND HOUSE — **80–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Conley — primary (person)
- McCortney — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-04** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Authored by Representative Echols
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Children, Youth and Family Services `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-07** CR; Do Pass Children, Youth and Family Services Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13** General Order
- **2019-03-13** Remove Representative Echols as principal House author and substitute with Representative Conley
- **2019-03-13** Coauthored by Representative(s) Echols, Munson, Lawson, Hasenbeck
- **2019-03-13** Authored by Senator McCortney (principal Senate author)
- **2019-03-13** Coauthored by Senator(s) Standridge
- **2019-03-13** House Rule suspended
- **2019-03-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-13** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-14** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-14** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** General Order, Considered
- **2019-04-11** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-04-15** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2019-04-15** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2019-04-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-18** Approved by Governor 04/18/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/def75d35-1e84-4311-92b9-c6971389d44d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).