Children; task; Department of Human Services; Office of Juvenile Affairs; county, municipality, or political subdivision; codification; effective date.
HB 2185 requires Oklahoma's Department of Human Services, Office of Juvenile Affairs, and local governments (counties/municipalities) to report suspected crimes against children in their care to law enforcement and follow up every 30 days until resolution. It mandates documenting all actions in the child's file when an employee or contractor of these entities is suspected of committing a crime under Oklahoma law (Sections 1111 or 1123 of Title 21). This procedural bill codifies existing accountability measures for child welfare agencies, directly affecting children under state or local custody and the agencies responsible for their safety. The law takes effect November 1, 2025.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Last action Apr 14, 2025
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House Committee Substitute
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MODERATE
The bill text was reformatted from a House Committee Substitute version to a Floor (House) version, with minor text adjustments to align with official floor formatting standards. The substantive policy content regarding child protection reporting requirements remains unchanged.
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Header formatting changed from 'STATE OF OKLAHOMA' to 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION' to reflect the document's current legislative stage.
Added co-sponsor attribution 'Rader of the Senate' to the bill header, indicating Senate committee involvement.
Page numbering and footer text were updated to reflect floor version formatting, including addition of 'BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments' notation.
Line breaks and spacing were adjusted throughout the document to conform to standard floor document formatting conventions.
Floor votes · House Mar 11, 2025
How they voted
83–0
Passed · 17 other
Total votes 100
Mar 11, 2025
D
Democratic19
73% Yea
R
Republican81
85% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Mar 12, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 0
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Children, Youth and Family Services
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Children, Youth and Family Services
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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