---
type: "Bill"
title: "The Oklahoma Wheat Resources Act; requiring the Oklahoma Wheat Commission to assess a certain fee; modifying certain referendum question. Effective date."
description: "The Oklahoma Wheat Resources Act; requiring the Oklahoma Wheat Commission to assess a certain fee; modifying certain referendum question. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 488"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 488 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Patzkowsky"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70788b8a-8b0d-475f-8594-338c75e954a9"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB488&session=2400"
source_hash: "8cdba5d34fb0dbfd111bcec9a4697de95e5abd47da5b65d9f697dd5a5c6cb1a4"
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 488 (2024) — The Oklahoma Wheat Resources Act; requiring the Oklahoma Wheat Commission to assess a certain fee; modifying certain referendum question. 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/2023-24 INT/SB/SB488 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB488 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB488 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB488 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB488 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Committee On Agriculture & Rural Affairs — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Agriculture Committee: Do Pass — **14–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **77–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Patzkowsky — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Senator Howard
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Agriculture and Rural Affairs `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported Do Pass Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Coauthored by Representative Patzkowsky (principal House author)
- **2023-02-22** General Order, Considered
- **2023-02-22** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-02-23** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-02-23** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Agriculture `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** CR; Do Pass Agriculture Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25** General Order
- **2023-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 77 Nays: 4 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-26** Enrolled, to House
- **2023-04-26** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-02** Approved by Governor 05/02/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70788b8a-8b0d-475f-8594-338c75e954a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).