---
type: "Bill"
title: "Game wardens; prohibiting cameras on private property without permission unless pursuant to a warrant. Effective date."
description: "Game wardens; prohibiting cameras on private property without permission unless pursuant to a warrant. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 839"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 839 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dahm", "Roberts (Sean)"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68a033d4-df30-4dc6-ac65-b4b5028f2f27"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB839&session=2100"
source_hash: "ea38089b10b017621e01b5df2846ecc326a7a3fefa0e57e1adf2fae4e46320fe"
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 839 (2021) — Game wardens; prohibiting cameras on private property without permission unless pursuant to a warrant. 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/SB839 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB839 CA1.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB839 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB839 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB839 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB839 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Dahm — 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 Dahm
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Agriculture and Wildlife `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Reported Do Pass as amended Agriculture and Wildlife committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Coauthored by Representative Roberts (Sean) (principal House author)
- **2021-03-03** General Order, Considered
- **2021-03-03** Measure passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 9 `passage`
- **2021-03-03** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-03** Coauthored by Senator Hamilton
- **2021-03-04** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-03-04** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading referred to Wildlife `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** CR; Do Pass Wildlife Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Coauthored by Representative(s) McDugle
- **2021-04-08** Coauthored by Senator(s) Jett
- **2021-04-19** General Order
- **2021-04-19** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 10 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-19** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-20** Enrolled, to House
- **2021-04-20** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-23** Approved by Governor 04/23/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68a033d4-df30-4dc6-ac65-b4b5028f2f27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).