---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure; directing courts to assess patterns of abuse and present written findings for persons arrested for certain crimes; effective date."
description: "Criminal procedure; directing courts to assess patterns of abuse and present written findings for persons arrested for certain crimes; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4194"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 4194 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Echols", "Thompson (Roger)"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac4b919c-b3e5-4c36-8d90-52bbad023fa9"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB4194&session=2200"
source_hash: "6c480727e982a98b5d745931750886fb3ec67fa1d758f1b5bc27f96fc603640f"
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 4194 (2022) — Criminal procedure; directing courts to assess patterns of abuse and present written findings for persons arrested for certain crimes; 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/HB4194 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB4194 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB4194 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB4194 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB4194 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Echols — primary (person)
- Thompson (Roger) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** Authored by Representative Echols
- **2022-02-08** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Criminal `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21** CR; Do Pass Judiciary - Criminal Committee `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-21** General Order
- **2022-03-21** Authored by Senator Thompson (principal Senate author)
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-21** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-03-22** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-22** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-29** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-06** Coauthored by Representative Roe
- **2022-04-26** General Order, Considered
- **2022-04-26** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-26** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2022-04-26** Referred for enrollment
- **2022-04-27** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2022-04-27** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2022-04-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-02** Approved by Governor 04/29/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac4b919c-b3e5-4c36-8d90-52bbad023fa9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).