---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children; Children's Code; directing that certain referral be immediately reported to law enforcement agency; directing Department of Human Services to maintain certain record; effective date."
description: "Children; Children's Code; directing that certain referral be immediately reported to law enforcement agency; directing Department of Human Services to maintain certain record; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1565"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1565 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duel", "Weaver"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/001b0cb9-9270-4080-8d6b-d49abd9581f6"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1565&session=2600"
source_hash: "50d2d2c75baffbfbbe2abd274a6008464ad2c5a54f268dee2b04091b3d47a794"
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 1565 (2026) — Children; Children's Code; directing that certain referral be immediately reported to law enforcement agency; directing Department of Human Services to maintain certain record; 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/HB1565 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by DUEL** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB1565 FA1 DUELCO-CMA.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB1565 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB1565 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB1565 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB1565 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1565 CS.PDF)
8. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1565 POLPCS1 COLLIN DUEL-CMA.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **43–1** (pass) · upper
- Advance — **36–6** (pass) · upper
- Health & Human Services — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **88–4** (pass) · lower
- Rules Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Duel — primary (person)
- Weaver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Authored by Representative Duel
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10** General Order
- **2025-03-10** Authored by Senator Weaver (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-10** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 4 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-11** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-11** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-23** Placed on General Order
- **2025-04-29** General Order, Considered
- **2025-04-29** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-04-30** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-04-30** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2025-04-30** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05** Approved by Governor 05/05/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/001b0cb9-9270-4080-8d6b-d49abd9581f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).