republic-os/legislation/us/states/ok/2026/hb-1965.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Children; Children's Code; term; procedure if jury trial is waived; individualized service plan; termination of parental rights; district attorney; exceptions; informal adjustments; Office of Juvenile Affairs; effective date.	Children; Children's Code; term; procedure if jury trial is waived; individualized service plan; termination of parental rights; district attorney; exceptions; informal adjustments; Office of Juvenile Affairs; effective date.	us/states/ok	Oklahoma Legislature	2026	HB 1965	Oklahoma HB 1965 (2026)	bill		enacted	Bullard Williams	14	32	6	2025-02-03	2025-05-28	openstates	ocd-bill/a427b1e3-6a5a-4e48-b8cb-91eba4b08086	http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1965&session=2600	8de793b4a2393b769d614a72bfba6e8eba4533db997e746dad7211d8a9aaa5c6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ok

Oklahoma HB 1965 (2026) — Children; Children's Code; term; procedure if jury trial is waived; individualized service plan; termination of parental rights; district attorney; exceptions; informal adjustments; Office of Juvenile Affairs; 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/HB1965 INT.PDF)
2. 1 Floor Amendment by WILLIAMS (UNTIMELY FILED) (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB1965 FA1 WILLIAMSDA-CMA(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. 2 Floor Amendment by CALDWELL (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB1965 FA2 CALDWELLTR-CC.PDF)
4. Amended And Engrossed (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/HB1965 SAHB AND ENGR.PDF)
5. Committee Amendment 1 (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1965 CA1.PDF)
6. Engrossed (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB1965 ENGR.PDF)
7. Enrolled (final version) (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB1965 ENR.PDF)
8. Floor (House) (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB1965 HFLR.PDF)
9. Floor (Senate) (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB1965 SFLR.PDF)
10. HB1965 (4-30-25) (BULLARD) FS FA1.PDF (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1965 (4-30-25) (BULLARD) FS FA1.PDF)
11. HB1965 (4-30-25) (BULLARD) RT FA2.PDF (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1965 (4-30-25) (BULLARD) RT FA2.PDF)
12. House Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1965 CS.PDF)
13. Policy Committee Recommendation (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1965 POLREC.PDF)
14. Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1965 POLPCS1 DANNY WILLIAMS-CMA.PDF)

Votes

• Civil Judiciary Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 90–3 (pass) · lower
• Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Fourth Reading — 91–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• Judiciary — 8–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bullard — primary (person)
• Williams — 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 Williams
• 2025-02-04 Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-02-04 Referred to Civil Judiciary referral-committee
• 2025-02-24 Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Civil Judiciary committee-passage
• 2025-03-10 CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee committee-passage
• 2025-03-10 Authored by Senator Bullard (principal Senate author)
• 2025-03-26 General Order
• 2025-03-26 Amended by floor substitute
• 2025-03-26 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-03-26 Title stricken
• 2025-03-26 Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 3 passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-26 Referred for engrossment
• 2025-03-27 Engrossed, signed, to Senate passage
• 2025-03-27 First Reading introduction, reading-1
• 2025-04-01 Second Reading referred to Judiciary reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-04-15 Reported Do Pass as amended Judiciary committee; CR filed committee-passage
• 2025-04-17 Placed on General Order
• 2025-04-23 Coauthored by Senator Pederson
• 2025-05-07 General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
• 2025-05-07 Title restored
• 2025-05-07 Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 passage
• 2025-05-07 Referred for engrossment
• 2025-05-08 Engrossed to House passage
• 2025-05-08 SA's received
• 2025-05-21 SA's read, adopted
• 2025-05-21 Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 0 passage
• 2025-05-21 Referred for enrollment
• 2025-05-21 Enrolled, signed, to Senate
• 2025-05-21 Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
• 2025-05-21 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-28 Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/28/2025 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a427b1e3-6a5a-4e48-b8cb-91eba4b08086. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).