---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure; requiring dismissal of certain charges and warrant upon certain showing. Effective date."
description: "Criminal procedure; requiring dismissal of certain charges and warrant upon certain showing. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 44"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 44 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hicks", "Strom"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/286e593f-1efe-4386-83e2-b2067bb661f7"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB44&session=2100"
source_hash: "b4bb9f1b0a2b856c13de02ddcb9fdf7eb2f80fdbeab2e2e6254596e301c025a3"
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 44 (2021) — Criminal procedure; requiring dismissal of certain charges and warrant upon certain showing. 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/SB44 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB44 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB44 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB44 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB44 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Hicks — primary (person)
- Strom — 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 Hicks
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-23** Coauthored by Representative Strom (principal House author)
- **2021-03-01** General Order, Considered
- **2021-03-01** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-01** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-02** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-03-02** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading referred to Criminal Justice and Corrections `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** CR; Do Pass Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-12** General Order
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 94 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-12** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-13** Enrolled, to House
- **2021-04-13** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-13** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-19** Approved by Governor 04/19/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/286e593f-1efe-4386-83e2-b2067bb661f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).