---
type: "Bill"
title: "Awards for meritorious service; modifying terminology; providing for creation of Red Heart and Blue Heart Awards; eligibility; effective date."
description: "Awards for meritorious service; modifying terminology; providing for creation of Red Heart and Blue Heart Awards; eligibility; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 3970"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3970 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burns", "Simpson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16553c39-f44e-4029-92b8-73d5f1fe91c7"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3970&session=2200"
source_hash: "005dfcf28dd04ef6f0ebbfcb9ba90f3133b623ee7db27c7f0678418e432a2750"
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 3970 (2022) — Awards for meritorious service; modifying terminology; providing for creation of Red Heart and Blue Heart Awards; eligibility; 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/HB3970 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB3970 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB3970 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB3970 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB3970 SFLR.PDF)
6. **HB3970 FULLPCS1 TY BURNS-MAH.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3970 FULLPCS1 TY BURNS-MAH.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3970 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Burns — primary (person)
- Simpson — 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 Burns
- **2022-02-08** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Veterans and Military Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Veterans and Military Affairs Committee `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-15** General Order
- **2022-03-15** Coauthored by Representative(s) Luttrell
- **2022-03-15** Authored by Senator Simpson (principal Senate author)
- **2022-03-15** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-15** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-03-21** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-21** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-29** Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** Reported Do Pass Veterans and Military Affairs committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-20** General Order, Considered
- **2022-04-20** Measure passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-20** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2022-04-20** Referred for enrollment
- **2022-04-21** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2022-04-21** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2022-04-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** Approved by Governor 04/25/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16553c39-f44e-4029-92b8-73d5f1fe91c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).