---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of the Attorney General; purpose; limitations and procedures; lapse dates; prohibiting certain budget procedures."
description: "Office of the Attorney General; purpose; limitations and procedures; lapse dates; prohibiting certain budget procedures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4472"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 4472 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thompson (Roger)", "Wallace"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64dc68a4-34f8-4d81-98b4-e8d5d1eb96c8"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB4472&session=2200"
source_hash: "bbc71ef25ecd32b0efb6c108a0b91ed8eb439103b68eac06a9e66e5f9ba6db5c"
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 4472 (2022) — Office of the Attorney General; purpose; limitations and procedures; lapse dates; prohibiting certain budget procedures.

## 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/HB4472 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB4472 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB4472 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB4472 HFLR.PDF)
5. **HB4472 FULLPCS1 KEVIN WALLACE-JM.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB4472 FULLPCS1 KEVIN WALLACE-JM.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB4472 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-15** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-15** Authored by Representative Wallace, Martinez
- **2022-02-15** Authored by Senator Thompson (principal Senate author)
- **2022-02-15** Coauthored by Senator(s) Hall
- **2022-02-16** Second Reading referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-17** JCR; Do pass, amended by committee substitute Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-18** General Order
- **2022-05-18** JCR adopted
- **2022-05-18** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 81 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-18** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-05-18** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2022-05-18** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-05-19** Direct to Calendar
- **2022-05-20** JCR adopted
- **2022-05-20** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2022-05-20** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2022-05-20** Referred for enrollment
- **2022-05-20** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2022-05-20** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2022-05-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-26** Approved by Governor 05/26/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64dc68a4-34f8-4d81-98b4-e8d5d1eb96c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).