---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans; creating the Dignity in Burial Act; directing the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish a program to ensure dignified burial for certain veterans; effective date."
description: "Veterans; creating the Dignity in Burial Act; directing the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish a program to ensure dignified burial for certain veterans; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1067"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1067 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hardin (Tommy)", "Simpson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2022-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbd3c146-d932-41d6-928c-feb47e872822"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1067&session=2200"
source_hash: "3db3b13dea819a57e0a26f492070d4c82d31223d8a0c39ff3fe6d44ea1c9ddae"
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 HB 1067 (2022) — Veterans; creating the Dignity in Burial Act; directing the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish a program to ensure dignified burial for certain veterans; 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/hB/HB1067 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB1067 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB1067 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB1067 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB1067 SFLR.PDF)
6. **HB1067 (4-14-22) (SIMPSON) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1067 (4-14-22) (SIMPSON) RT FA1.PDF)
7. **HB1067 FULLPCS1 TOMMY HARDIN-EK.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1067 FULLPCS1 TOMMY HARDIN-EK.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1067 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Hardin (Tommy) — primary (person)
- Simpson — 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 Representative Hardin (Tommy)
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Veterans and Military Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Veterans and Military Affairs Committee `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Coauthored by Representative(s) Boles, Fugate
- **2022-03-02** Authored by Senator Simpson (principal Senate author)
- **2022-03-09** General Order
- **2022-03-09** Coauthored by Representative(s) Luttrell
- **2022-03-09** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-09** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-03-10** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-10** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-24** Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** Reported Do Pass Veterans and Military Affairs committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-31** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-06** Title stricken
- **2022-04-06** Coauthored by Representative Provenzano
- **2022-04-25** General Order, Amended
- **2022-04-25** Title restored
- **2022-04-25** Amendment restored bill to engrossed version `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-25** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Coauthored by Senator Stephens
- **2022-04-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2022-04-26** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2022-04-26** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2022-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-28** Approved by Governor 04/28/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cbd3c146-d932-41d6-928c-feb47e872822`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).