---
type: "Bill"
title: "Feral swine; removing provision for night hunting. Effective date."
description: "Feral swine; removing provision for night hunting. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 648"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 648 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergstrom", "Hardin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34689102-4ef8-4ad3-b4f2-36f0d6f6d343"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB648&session=2300"
source_hash: "84a9e4a4377be90bf9ba8e3a45e63b0e7974195f16774dead753eeaed42310bc"
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 648 (2023) — Feral swine; removing provision for night hunting. 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/2023-24 INT/SB/SB648 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB648 CA1.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB648 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB648 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB648 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB648 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Bergstrom — primary (person)
- Hardin — 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 Senator Bergstrom
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Tourism and Wildlife `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Reported Do Pass as amended Tourism and Wildlife committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08** Coauthored by Senator Garvin
- **2023-02-09** Coauthored by Representative Hardin (principal House author)
- **2023-03-02** General Order, Considered
- **2023-03-02** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-06** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-03-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Wildlife `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** CR; Do Pass Wildlife Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25** General Order
- **2023-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-26** Enrolled, to House
- **2023-04-26** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-02** Approved by Governor 05/02/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34689102-4ef8-4ad3-b4f2-36f0d6f6d343`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).