---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture; burn bans; effective date."
description: "Agriculture; burn bans; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1218"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1218 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hardin (Tommy)", "Simpson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff514c05-ee25-4f2b-a7ce-297ba8004087"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1218&session=2000"
source_hash: "404e561fd7946ac99dd39e4b94c21afe0f63d77d3a74d51360c0d67fc72311ca"
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 1218 (2020) — Agriculture; burn bans; effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 INT/hB/HB1218 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB1218 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB1218 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB1218 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB1218 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **86–12** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **35–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hardin (Tommy) — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-04** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Authored by Representative Hardin (Tommy)
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Agriculture and Rural Development `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-18** CR; Do Pass Agriculture and Rural Development Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-18** Authored by Senator Simpson (principal Senate author)
- **2019-02-25** General Order
- **2019-02-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 12 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-02-26** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-02-26** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Second Reading referred to Agriculture and Wildlife `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** Reported Do Pass Agriculture and Wildlife committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Coauthored by Senator Kidd
- **2019-04-25** General Order, Considered
- **2019-04-25** Measure passed: Ayes: 35 Nays: 10 `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-04-29** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2019-04-29** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2019-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Approved by Governor 05/02/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff514c05-ee25-4f2b-a7ce-297ba8004087`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).