---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wildlife; wildlife refuges and management areas; increasing fine for violation; subsequent violations penalties; effective date; emergency."
description: "Wildlife; wildlife refuges and management areas; increasing fine for violation; subsequent violations penalties; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 3640"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3640 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dempsey", "Murdock"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e4c852b-9973-4eb0-ac7e-6b96c7e709dd"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3640&session=2200"
source_hash: "e5a6b2fe1f3e87e092927b444d201b0f955017f7289bd2d4b7281058d56b4db1"
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 HB 3640 (2022) — Wildlife; wildlife refuges and management areas; increasing fine for violation; subsequent violations penalties; effective date; 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/2021-22 INT/hB/HB3640 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB3640 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB3640 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB3640 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB3640 SFLR.PDF)
6. **HB3640 FULLPCS1 EDDY DEMPSEY-JL.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3640 FULLPCS1 EDDY DEMPSEY-JL.PDF)
7. **HB3640 FULLPCS2 EDDY DEMPSEY-JL.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3640 FULLPCS2 EDDY DEMPSEY-JL.PDF)
8. **HB3640 FULLPCS3 EDDY DEMPSEY-JL.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3640 FULLPCS3 EDDY DEMPSEY-JL.PDF)
9. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3640 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Dempsey — primary (person)
- Murdock — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** Authored by Representative Dempsey
- **2022-02-08** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2022-02-14** Referred to Wildlife `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Wildlife Committee `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-07** Authored by Senator Murdock (principal Senate author)
- **2022-03-07** Emergency added
- **2022-03-10** General Order
- **2022-03-10** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 75 Nays: 15 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-10** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-03-14** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-14** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-24** Second Reading referred to Agriculture and Wildlife `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-04** Reported Do Pass Agriculture and Wildlife committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-18** General Order, Considered
- **2022-04-18** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 5 `passage`
- **2022-04-18** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2022-04-18** Referred for enrollment
- **2022-04-19** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2022-04-19** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2022-04-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-20** Approved by Governor 04/20/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e4c852b-9973-4eb0-ac7e-6b96c7e709dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).