HB 2081 Oklahoma House · 2025 Regular Session

Child abduction prevention; Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act; terms; order or petition; warrant; jurisdiction; requirements; factors; risk; evidence; conditions; custody or visitation; remedies; hearing; search; service; law enforcement; costs and fees; duration; federal acts; codification; effective date.

House Bill 2081, also known as the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act, creates new legal measures in Oklahoma to prevent the wrongful removal or retention of a child. It allows courts to order abduction prevention measures on their own motion or when a petition is filed by a party involved in a child custody case. The bill specifies various factors courts must consider when assessing a credible risk of abduction, such as previous attempts, threats, unusual financial activities, or applying for travel documents. It also outlines requirements for petitions seeking these measures and allows for warrants to take physical custody of a child.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Signed May 12, 2025
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Floor (House) Floor (Senate) · 3 edits
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The bill transitioned from the House floor version to the Senate floor version, primarily involving formatting adjustments and reorganization of the title page and section headers. The substantive legal content regarding child abduction prevention appears to remain consistent, though some line breaks and spacing were modified for Senate formatting standards.
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Title page formatting was updated to reflect Senate floor version with different header layout and page numbering format.

Section headers were reorganized with adjusted spacing and indentation to comply with Senate formatting requirements.

Line breaks within the summary of provisions were restructured for Senate document standards without altering the legal content.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
8
Committee
6
May 12, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 05/09/2025
lower
May 1, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
lower
May 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed measure signed, returned to House
upper
May 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0
upper
Apr 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed
upper
Mar 25, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Civil Judiciary
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Civil Judiciary
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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