---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environment and natural resources; air curtain incinerators; exceptions for certain burning operations. Effective date."
description: "Environment and natural resources; air curtain incinerators; exceptions for certain burning operations. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 246"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 246 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Roberts (Sean)"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/115d80a9-f621-4bda-bb1f-be550e0f2fed"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB246&session=2100"
source_hash: "da6f16c5af22bedb1dfd02cd2efee8962a99f2fd9e2c11782d692153bf4bb927"
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 246 (2021) — Environment and natural resources; air curtain incinerators; exceptions for certain burning operations. 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/2021-22 INT/SB/SB246 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB246 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB246 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB246 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB246 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB246 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB246 HCS.PDF)
8. **SB246 FULLPCS1 SEAN ROBERTS-JBH.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB246 FULLPCS1 SEAN ROBERTS-JBH.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Roberts (Sean) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Authored by Senator Allen
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Energy `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Reported Do Pass Energy committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Coauthored by Representative Roberts (Sean) (principal House author)
- **2021-03-02** General Order, Considered
- **2021-03-02** Measure passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 7 `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-03** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-03-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading referred to Energy and Natural Resources `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Energy and Natural Resources Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-12** General Order
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 75 Nays: 18 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-04-13** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-04-13** HAs read
- **2021-04-28** HAs adopted
- **2021-04-28** Measure passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 8 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-29** Enrolled, to House
- **2021-04-29** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** Approved by Governor 05/03/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/115d80a9-f621-4bda-bb1f-be550e0f2fed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).