---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles; modifying requirements for appointments to positions in the Oklahoma Highway Patrol; restrictions; public office; participation in campaigns. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Motor vehicles; modifying requirements for appointments to positions in the Oklahoma Highway Patrol; restrictions; public office; participation in campaigns. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 338"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 338 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill", "Paxton"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2022-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1951fbbd-03ec-4dd0-bbab-07ca96f9d27c"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB338&session=2200"
source_hash: "9bb686ea91c2993a73069cc238b31761068db9b60bed44206b53271cff548c41"
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 338 (2022) — Motor vehicles; modifying requirements for appointments to positions in the Oklahoma Highway Patrol; restrictions; public office; participation in campaigns. 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/SB/SB338 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB338 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB338 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB338 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB338 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB338 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB338 HCS.PDF)
8. **SB338 (3-10-21) (PAXTON) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB338 (3-10-21) (PAXTON) FS FA1.PDF)
9. **SB338 FULLPCS1 BRIAN HILL-JBH.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB338 FULLPCS1 BRIAN HILL-JBH.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Authored by Senator Paxton
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Coauthored by Senator Bergstrom
- **2021-02-08** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-08** Coauthored by Representative Hill (principal House author)
- **2021-03-11** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2021-03-11** Title stricken
- **2021-03-11** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 36 Nays: 10 `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-15** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-03-15** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-12** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety Committee `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-12** Title restored
- **2022-04-26** General Order
- **2022-04-26** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 76 Nays: 9 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-04-27** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2022-04-27** HAs read
- **2022-05-16** HAs adopted
- **2022-05-16** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2022-05-16** Referred for enrollment
- **2022-05-17** Enrolled, to House
- **2022-05-17** Signed, returned to Senate
- **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/1951fbbd-03ec-4dd0-bbab-07ca96f9d27c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).