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type: "Bill"
title: "Discovery; creating the Foreign Litigation Funding Prevention Act; commercial litigation funding agreements; prohibiting admissibility of certain information as evidence; effective date."
description: "Discovery; creating the Foreign Litigation Funding Prevention Act; commercial litigation funding agreements; prohibiting admissibility of certain information as evidence; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 2619"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2619 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris", "Howard"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f226f4d-1481-438b-84c2-fcca256da971"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2619&session=2600"
source_hash: "40d3cf57d385b24013ef173fdc9f0a24a10ce0b1a7e359b19e3bf3c4d9e60ac7"
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 2619 (2026) — Discovery; creating the Foreign Litigation Funding Prevention Act; commercial litigation funding agreements; prohibiting admissibility of certain information as evidence; 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/HB2619 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB2619 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB2619 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB2619 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB2619 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2619 CS.PDF)
7. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2619 POLREC.PDF)
8. **Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2619 FULLPCS1 ERICK HARRIS-AQH.PDF)
9. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2619 POLPCS1 ERICK HARRIS-AQH.PDF)
## Votes
- Judiciary — **62** (pass) · upper
- Civil Judiciary Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **81** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **140** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **882** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **405** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Harris — primary (person)
- Howard — 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 Harris
- **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`
- **2025-03-04** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04** Authored by Senator Howard (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-11** General Order
- **2025-03-11** Coauthored by Representative(s) Lepak
- **2025-03-11** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-12** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-24** Placed on General Order
- **2025-05-08** General Order, Considered
- **2025-05-08** Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 5 `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-12** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-05-12** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2025-05-12** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-15** Approved by Governor 05/14/2025 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f226f4d-1481-438b-84c2-fcca256da971`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).