republic-os/legislation/us/states/ok/2026/hb-2959.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	Schools; student abuse or neglect reporting; superintendents and administrators; school employees; law enforcement; interviews; investigations; duty to report; electronic communication; violations; effective date; emergency.	Schools; student abuse or neglect reporting; superintendents and administrators; school employees; law enforcement; interviews; investigations; duty to report; electronic communication; violations; effective date; emergency.	us/states/ok	Oklahoma Legislature	2026	HB 2959	Oklahoma HB 2959 (2026)	bill		enacted	Bashore Thompson (Kristen)	7	26	5	2026-02-02	2026-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/c64f32fc-85ab-4a7b-8cd1-df8f1c941307	http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2959&session=2600	0217483c2fdd4fc0d66d7a364cfbc077533720a8c250242951b5bcfa84577ad4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ok

Oklahoma HB 2959 (2026) — Schools; student abuse or neglect reporting; superintendents and administrators; school employees; law enforcement; interviews; investigations; duty to report; electronic communication; violations; effective date; emergency.

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/HB2959 INT.PDF)
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB2959 ENGR.PDF)
3. Enrolled (final version) (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB2959 ENR.PDF)
4. Floor (House) (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB2959 HFLR.PDF)
5. Floor (Senate) (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB2959 SFLR.PDF)
6. House Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2959 CS.PDF)
7. Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1 (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2959 FULLPCS1 STEVE BASHORE-SW.PDF)

Votes

• Education — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Civil Judiciary Committee: Do Pass — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bashore — primary (person)
• Thompson (Kristen) — 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 Bashore
• 2026-02-03 Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 Referred to Civil Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Civil Judiciary committee-passage
• 2026-02-19 Coauthored by Representative(s) Manger
• 2026-03-03 CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee committee-passage
• 2026-03-03 Authored by Senator Thompson (principal Senate author)
• 2026-03-24 General Order
• 2026-03-24 Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 95 Nays: 0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-24 Referred for engrossment
• 2026-03-25 Engrossed, signed, to Senate passage
• 2026-03-25 First Reading introduction, reading-1
• 2026-03-25 Coauthored by Representative Rosecrants
• 2026-04-01 Second Reading referred to Education reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-04-07 Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed committee-passage
• 2026-04-09 Placed on General Order
• 2026-04-21 Coauthored by Representative Wolfley
• 2026-05-05 General Order, Considered
• 2026-05-05 Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 passage
• 2026-05-05 Engrossed measure signed, returned to House passage
• 2026-05-05 Referred for enrollment
• 2026-05-06 Enrolled, signed, to Senate
• 2026-05-06 Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
• 2026-05-06 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-12 Approved by Governor 05/11/2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c64f32fc-85ab-4a7b-8cd1-df8f1c941307. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).