---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture; requiring carcass disposal in accordance with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry; removing certain requirements. Effective date."
description: "Agriculture; requiring carcass disposal in accordance with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry; removing certain requirements. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 546"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 546 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Worthen"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de9ab05b-b6d0-4928-add5-36abc036dadc"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB546&session=2000"
source_hash: "b32b87c03acc2a24c781fb7b311a7259d56f15679b53fb38b10889a3730d9b26"
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 SB 546 (2020) — Agriculture; requiring carcass disposal in accordance with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry; removing certain requirements. 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/SB/SB546 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB546 PCS.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB546 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB546 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB546 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB546 SFLR.PDF)
7. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB546 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Worthen — 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 Senator Murdock
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Agriculture and Wildlife `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-06** Remove as author Senator Murdock; authored by Senator Howard
- **2019-02-06** Coauthored by Senator Murdock
- **2019-02-18** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Agriculture and Wildlife committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Coauthored by Representative Worthen (principal House author)
- **2019-03-11** General Order, Considered
- **2019-03-11** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-12** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading referred to Agriculture and Rural Development `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** CR; Do Pass Agriculture and Rural Development Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-23** General Order
- **2019-04-23** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-04-23** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-04-24** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-04-24** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-04-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-30** Approved by Governor 04/30/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de9ab05b-b6d0-4928-add5-36abc036dadc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).