---
type: "Bill"
title: "State property; permitting residents to forage for nuts, edible plants and fungi on state owned or state managed property. Effective date."
description: "State property; permitting residents to forage for nuts, edible plants and fungi on state owned or state managed property. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 447"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 447 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boren", "Sterling"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/884b472a-3c06-47cf-b219-b2aa24f724a6"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB447&session=2600"
source_hash: "2c30038f8565eb9b97c9573c913ebf8f9917e91f43c458fb7ab0b4fb7664a3af"
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 447 (2026) — State property; permitting residents to forage for nuts, edible plants and fungi on state owned or state managed property. 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/SB447 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/SB447 HASB AND ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB447 PCS.PDF)
4. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB447 CA1.PDF)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB447 CS.PDF)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB447 ENGR.PDF)
7. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB447 ENR.PDF)
8. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB447 HFLR.PDF)
9. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB447 SFLR.PDF)
10. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB447 HCS.PDF)
11. **Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB447 FULLPCS1 DANNY STERLING-JL.PDF)
12. **SB447 (3-12-25) (BOREN) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB447 (3-12-25) (BOREN) FS FA1.PDF)
13. **SB447 (3-12-25) (BOREN) RT FA2.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB447 (3-12-25) (BOREN) RT FA2.PDF)

## Votes

- Government Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended Cs — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **82–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- State Powers Committee: Do Pass — **4–1** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boren — primary (person)
- Sterling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Authored by Senator Boren
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Agriculture and Wildlife `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Agriculture and Wildlife committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-03** Title stricken
- **2025-03-05** Placed on General Order
- **2025-03-17** Coauthored by Representative Sterling (principal House author)
- **2025-03-27** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2025-03-27** Title restored
- **2025-03-27** Measure passed: Ayes: 47 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-31** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-03-31** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Government Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Referred to State Powers `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass State Powers `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-21** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Government Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-21** Coauthored by Representative(s) Waldron
- **2025-04-21** Coauthored by Senator(s) McIntosh
- **2025-05-06** General Order
- **2025-05-06** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 82 Nays: 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-05-07** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-07** HAs read
- **2025-05-13** HAs adopted
- **2025-05-13** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-14** Enrolled, to House
- **2025-05-14** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2025-05-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-21** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/21/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/884b472a-3c06-47cf-b219-b2aa24f724a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).