---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commutations; application procedures for commutations and pardons; notice requirements; effective date."
description: "Commutations; application procedures for commutations and pardons; notice requirements; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 3918"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3918 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paxton", "Pfeiffer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bea5be66-707e-4c97-aac0-36f7e53c01de"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3918&session=2200"
source_hash: "deba749da64756f9d58925e39495092a332cf9e6152b58b84b7314ac111a8301"
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 3918 (2022) — Commutations; application procedures for commutations and pardons; notice requirements; 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/hB/HB3918 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by PFEIFFER (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB3918 FA1 PFEIFFERJO-GRS(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB3918 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB3918 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB3918 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB3918 SFLR.PDF)
7. **HB3918 FULLPCS1 JOHN PFEIFFER-GRS.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3918 FULLPCS1 JOHN PFEIFFER-GRS.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3918 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Paxton — primary (person)
- Pfeiffer — 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 Pfeiffer
- **2022-02-08** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2022-02-21** Referred to Judiciary - Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary - Criminal Committee `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-21** General Order
- **2022-03-21** Authored by Senator Paxton (principal Senate author)
- **2022-03-21** House Rule suspended
- **2022-03-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-21** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-03-22** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-22** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-29** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-11** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-27** General Order, Considered
- **2022-04-27** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Referred for enrollment
- **2022-05-02** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2022-05-02** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2022-05-02** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-04** Approved by Governor 05/04/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bea5be66-707e-4c97-aac0-36f7e53c01de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).