---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture; Oklahoma Farmed Cervidae Act; effective date; emergency."
description: "Agriculture; Oklahoma Farmed Cervidae Act; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1844"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1844 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Green", "Kerbs"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cc59deb-78b7-437f-b750-c1ea34196f8a"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1844&session=2300"
source_hash: "9069a6a94c6091f2f0bf701acfd3af76dd30c5ea96e94d8b430ab44f1550e68a"
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 1844 (2023) — Agriculture; Oklahoma Farmed Cervidae Act; effective date; emergency.

## 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/2023-24 INT/hB/HB1844 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB1844 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB1844 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB1844 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB1844 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Green — primary (person)
- Kerbs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Representative Kerbs
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** CR; Do Pass Agriculture Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Authored by Senator Green (principal Senate author)
- **2023-03-07** General Order
- **2023-03-07** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 95 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-07** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-07** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Second Reading referred to Agriculture and Rural Affairs `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Reported Do Pass Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-18** General Order, Considered
- **2023-04-18** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-19** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2023-04-19** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2023-04-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor 04/21/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2cc59deb-78b7-437f-b750-c1ea34196f8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).