---
type: "Bill"
title: "Carbon sequestration; directing Secretary of Energy and Environment to creat grant program subject to authorization of federal dollars by legislature. Effective date."
description: "Carbon sequestration; directing Secretary of Energy and Environment to creat grant program subject to authorization of federal dollars by legislature. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 1856"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1856 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Boles"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21e573c7-fb77-4efb-a6f0-184cf2ccbcce"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1856&session=2200"
source_hash: "a3fb7a28f1805cc84a6adfe413dfd430977a747071b7ab22b86d297afe3f5f49"
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 1856 (2022) — Carbon sequestration; directing Secretary of Energy and Environment to creat grant program subject to authorization of federal dollars by legislature. 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/SB/SB1856 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1856 CA1.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB1856 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB1856 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB1856 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB1856 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Boles — 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 Senator David
- **2022-02-08** Second Reading referred to Energy `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** Remove as author Senator David; authored by Senator Allen
- **2022-02-14** Coauthored by Senator David
- **2022-02-14** Coauthored by Representative Boles (principal House author)
- **2022-03-03** Reported Do Pass as amended Energy committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-09** General Order, Considered
- **2022-03-09** Measure passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 5 `passage`
- **2022-03-09** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-03-10** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2022-03-10** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-28** Second Reading referred to Energy and Natural Resources `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-14** CR; Do Pass Energy and Natural Resources Committee `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-27** General Order
- **2022-04-27** Coauthored by Representative(s) Hill
- **2022-04-27** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 76 Nays: 9 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-27** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2022-04-27** Referred for enrollment
- **2022-04-28** Enrolled, to House
- **2022-04-28** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2022-04-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-02** Approved by Governor 05/02/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21e573c7-fb77-4efb-a6f0-184cf2ccbcce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).