---
type: "Bill"
title: "Game and fish; removing certain limitation for use of cyanide devices; effective date."
description: "Game and fish; removing certain limitation for use of cyanide devices; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4281"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 4281 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dempsey", "Murdock"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c79ca9bc-66c9-478b-832e-c4ed70c44ac7"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB4281&session=2200"
source_hash: "094efbfeee911a67218b0d36f4b75d0c858cad7147798d70b75f345e1c2527e4"
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 4281 (2022) — Game and fish; removing certain limitation for use of cyanide devices; 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/HB4281 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by NEWTON (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB4281 FA1 NEWTONCA-JL(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB4281 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB4281 PCS.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB4281 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB4281 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB4281 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB4281 SFLR.PDF)
9. **Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCSH/HB4281 SCSH.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 Sneed
- **2022-02-08** Second Reading referred to Wildlife `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** CR; Do Pass Wildlife Committee `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-03** Remove Representative Sneed as principal House author and substitute with Representative Dempsey
- **2022-03-15** General Order
- **2022-03-15** Coauthored by Representative(s) Sneed
- **2022-03-15** Authored by Senator Murdock (principal Senate author)
- **2022-03-15** House Rule suspended
- **2022-03-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-15** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 1 `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 Agriculture and Wildlife `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-11** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Agriculture and Wildlife committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-27** General Order, Considered
- **2022-04-27** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-04-28** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2022-04-28** SA's received
- **2022-05-16** SA's read, adopted
- **2022-05-16** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2022-05-16** Referred for enrollment
- **2022-05-17** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2022-05-17** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2022-05-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-20** Approved by Governor 05/20/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c79ca9bc-66c9-478b-832e-c4ed70c44ac7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).