---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry; importing cervidae. Emergency."
description: "Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry; importing cervidae. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 551"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 551 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murdock", "Pfeiffer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9343f300-5514-4823-8230-e354d7e6b728"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB551&session=2000"
source_hash: "93e7341d97598469172495819fbe26c12bec3d95ebf3876e9c1c5eda65d92e6a"
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 551 (2020) — Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry; importing cervidae. Emergency.

## 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/SB551 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB551 PCS.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB551 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB551 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB551 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB551 SFLR.PDF)
7. **SB551 (2-20-19) (MURDOCK) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB551 (2-20-19) (MURDOCK) RT FA1.PDF)
8. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB551 CS.PDF)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Murdock — primary (person)
- Pfeiffer — 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`
- **2019-02-12** Coauthored by Representative Pfeiffer (principal House author)
- **2019-02-18** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Agriculture and Wildlife committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-18** Emergency added
- **2019-02-18** Title stricken
- **2019-02-18** Emergency clause stricken
- **2019-02-25** General Order, Amended
- **2019-02-25** Title restored
- **2019-02-25** Emergency clause restored
- **2019-02-25** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-02-26** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-02-26** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading referred to Agriculture and Rural Development `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** Withdrawn from Agriculture and Rural Development Committee
- **2019-04-01** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** CR; Do Pass Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-09** Coauthored by Representative(s) Wallace, Kannady
- **2019-04-22** General Order
- **2019-04-22** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 82 Nays: 14 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-22** 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`
- **2019-04-29** Approved by Governor 04/29/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9343f300-5514-4823-8230-e354d7e6b728`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).