---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public health and safety; authorizing certain schools and persons to retain and donate tissue from bodies for the purpose of training dogs to search for human remains; effective date."
description: "Public health and safety; authorizing certain schools and persons to retain and donate tissue from bodies for the purpose of training dogs to search for human remains; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 3223"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3223 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Echols", "Weaver"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5bf0a39-cf1e-453e-9aa3-b31dfb37ecfa"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3223&session=2000"
source_hash: "6d9c8fc08a1b9788bb01235234d60e54f3e6888fff448c3c433c33772a69960c"
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 3223 (2020) — Public health and safety; authorizing certain schools and persons to retain and donate tissue from bodies for the purpose of training dogs to search for human remains; 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/HB3223 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by ECHOLS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB3223 FA1 ECHOLSJO-SD.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB3223 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB3223 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB3223 HFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Echols — primary (person)
- Weaver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** Authored by Representative Echols
- **2020-02-04** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2020-02-17** CR; Do Pass Public Safety Committee `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-17** Authored by Senator Weaver (principal Senate author)
- **2020-03-11** General Order
- **2020-03-11** Coauthored by Representative(s) Boles
- **2020-03-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-11** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 96 Nays: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2020-03-12** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2020-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-04-06** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2020-05-11** Withdrawn from Health and Human Services committee
- **2020-05-11** Direct to Calendar
- **2020-05-12** General Order, Considered
- **2020-05-12** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2020-05-12** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2020-05-12** Referred for enrollment
- **2020-05-13** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2020-05-13** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2020-05-13** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-22** Approved by Governor 05/19/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5bf0a39-cf1e-453e-9aa3-b31dfb37ecfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).