---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical marijuana; making Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority separate and distinct entity; providing for certain transfers; providing for appointment of Executive Director; modifying enforcement powers of Authority. Effective date."
description: "Medical marijuana; making Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority separate and distinct entity; providing for certain transfers; providing for appointment of Executive Director; modifying enforcement powers of Authority. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 1543"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1543 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Echols", "Treat"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19d65015-159e-4667-91cf-338ff41dad0f"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1543&session=2200"
source_hash: "f71c20f31f5dba3fbd364c8a0891332046831e7e58f0ea7c84265784b175da3b"
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 1543 (2022) — Medical marijuana; making Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority separate and distinct entity; providing for certain transfers; providing for appointment of Executive Director; modifying enforcement powers of Authority. 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/SB1543 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by ECHOLS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB1543 FA1 ECHOLSJO-GRS.PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB1543 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1543 PCS.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB1543 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB1543 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB1543 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB1543 SFLR.PDF)
9. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB1543 HCS.PDF)
10. **SB1543 (3-14-22) (TREAT) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1543 (3-14-22) (TREAT) FA1.PDF)
11. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB1543 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Echols — primary (person)
- Treat — 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 Senator Treat
- **2022-02-08** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Coauthored by Senator Thompson
- **2022-02-14** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-14** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Coauthored by Senator Rosino
- **2022-03-03** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-03** Title stricken
- **2022-03-10** Coauthored by Representative Echols (principal House author)
- **2022-03-23** General Order, Amended
- **2022-03-23** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-03-24** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2022-03-24** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-30** Second Reading referred to Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-14** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances Committee `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-14** Coauthored by Representative(s) Fetgatter
- **2022-04-14** Title restored
- **2022-04-28** General Order
- **2022-04-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-28** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-28** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-05-02** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2022-05-02** HAs read
- **2022-05-05** HAs adopted
- **2022-05-05** Measure passed: Ayes: 33 Nays: 7 `passage`
- **2022-05-05** Referred for enrollment
- **2022-05-09** Enrolled, to House
- **2022-05-09** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2022-05-09** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-11** Approved by Governor 05/11/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19d65015-159e-4667-91cf-338ff41dad0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).