---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Regents for Higher Education; making an appropriation; identifying source; purpose; emergency."
description: "State Regents for Higher Education; making an appropriation; identifying source; purpose; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2885"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2885 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thompson (Roger)", "Wallace"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26eb2879-d79e-4086-811f-fe4f87ea525f"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2885&session=2300"
source_hash: "6c3b77c51243e85efc5858906d2f5234f795cf281feebcb3ed2300b42c554d6c"
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 2885 (2023) — State Regents for Higher Education; making an appropriation; identifying source; purpose; emergency.

## 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/2023-24 INT/hB/HB2885 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB2885 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB2885 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB2885 HFLR.PDF)
5. **HB2885 FULLPCS1 KEVIN WALLACE-JM.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2885 FULLPCS1 KEVIN WALLACE-JM.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2885 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Thompson (Roger) — primary (person)
- Wallace — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Representative Wallace, Martinez
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Senator Thompson (Roger) (principal Senate author)
- **2023-02-06** Coauthored by Senator(s) Hall
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** JCR; Do pass, amended by committee substitute Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05** Emergency added
- **2023-04-10** General Order
- **2023-04-10** JCR adopted
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-10** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-04-10** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-04-10** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-11** Direct to Calendar
- **2023-04-13** JCR adopted
- **2023-04-13** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-13** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2023-04-13** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2023-04-13** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-17** Approved by Governor 04/17/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26eb2879-d79e-4086-811f-fe4f87ea525f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).