---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture; Oklahoma certified beef definition; effective date."
description: "Agriculture; Oklahoma certified beef definition; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 3963"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3963 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burns", "Murdock"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e26ef8ca-5795-472c-b092-1ea78bfc49a5"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3963&session=2000"
source_hash: "b94942ab9a62fed6e2b10089d41765e4944a2c1511b02552ff5664954245040a"
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 3963 (2020) — Agriculture; Oklahoma certified beef definition; 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/HB3963 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB3963 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB3963 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB3963 HFLR.PDF)
5. **HB3963 FULLPCS1 TY BURNS-AMM.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3963 FULLPCS1 TY BURNS-AMM.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3963 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Burns — primary (person)
- Murdock — 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 Burns
- **2020-02-04** Second Reading referred to Rules `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2020-02-19** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2020-02-19** Referred to Agriculture and Rural Development `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Agriculture and Rural Development Committee `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** General Order
- **2020-03-03** Authored by Senator Murdock (principal Senate author)
- **2020-03-03** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 95 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Referred for engrossment
- **2020-03-04** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2020-03-04** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-16** Second Reading referred to Agriculture and Wildlife `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2020-05-06** Coauthored by Senator Bullard
- **2020-05-06** coauthored by Humphrey
- **2020-05-11** Withdrawn from Agriculture and Wildlife committee
- **2020-05-11** Direct to Calendar
- **2020-05-12** Coauthored by Senator Scott
- **2020-05-12** Coauthored by Senator Bergstrom
- **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/e26ef8ca-5795-472c-b092-1ea78bfc49a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).