---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal prosecutions; clarifying applicability of certain exceptions; modifying statute of limitations for certain offense. Effective date."
description: "Criminal prosecutions; clarifying applicability of certain exceptions; modifying statute of limitations for certain offense. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 974"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 974 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pae", "Weaver"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2022-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eda64023-b6ac-41eb-b10e-058d278117d0"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB974&session=2200"
source_hash: "7a460802481681d017034a84e41f84f94efb994b2ae0f022597252e10883e49c"
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 974 (2022) — Criminal prosecutions; clarifying applicability of certain exceptions; modifying statute of limitations for certain offense. 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/SB974 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB974 CA1.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB974 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB974 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB974 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB974 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Pae — primary (person)
- Weaver — 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 Senator Weaver
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Coauthored by Representative Pae (principal House author)
- **2022-03-01** Reported Do Pass as amended Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-09** General Order, Considered
- **2022-03-09** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-09** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-03-10** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2022-03-10** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-31** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Criminal `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13** CR; Do Pass Judiciary - Criminal Committee `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-28** General Order
- **2022-04-28** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-28** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2022-04-28** Referred for enrollment
- **2022-05-02** Enrolled, to House
- **2022-05-02** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2022-05-02** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-03** Approved by Governor 05/03/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eda64023-b6ac-41eb-b10e-058d278117d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).