---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tax refund donation; reauthorizing checkoff for Wildlife Diversity Fund. Effective date."
description: "Tax refund donation; reauthorizing checkoff for Wildlife Diversity Fund. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1405"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1405 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George", "Hicks"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d618e92-da1c-43f3-adb7-296adc107a97"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1405&session=2600"
source_hash: "54c4f80228ca1726e93cb04a090f6c3ac0a5c2159eb9c81256db48663921efbd"
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 1405 (2026) — Tax refund donation; reauthorizing checkoff for Wildlife Diversity Fund. Effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 INT/SB/SB1405 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1405 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1405 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1405 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1405 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **8–3** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **34–13** (pass) · upper
- Appropriations And Budget Natural Resources Subcommittee: Do Pass — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **80–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- George — primary (person)
- Hicks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** Authored by Senator Hicks
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Revenue and Taxation `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Reported Do Pass Revenue and Taxation committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-10** Coauthored by Representative George (principal House author)
- **2026-02-11** Placed on General Order
- **2026-03-16** General Order, Considered
- **2026-03-16** Measure passed: Ayes: 34 Nays: 13 `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-17** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-03-17** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-31** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-13** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-23** CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-29** General Order
- **2026-04-29** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 4 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-29** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-04-29** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-04-30** Enrolled, to House
- **2026-04-30** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-04-30** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-07** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/07/2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d618e92-da1c-43f3-adb7-296adc107a97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).