---
type: "Bill"
title: "Definitions and general provisions; designating the soybean as the state legume of Oklahoma; effective date."
description: "Definitions and general provisions; designating the soybean as the state legume of Oklahoma; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 2248"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2248 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burns", "Hall"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2024-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05c8c30b-fee2-4e56-a7d1-b74b5b841388"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2248&session=2400"
source_hash: "fedb1418885d080f41869f263c524ba6002521e46254346dd3331e0e3474f9f6"
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 2248 (2024) — Definitions and general provisions; designating the soybean as the state legume of Oklahoma; 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/hB/HB2248 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB2248 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB2248 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB2248 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB2248 SFLR.PDF)
6. **HB2248 FULLPCS1 TY BURNS-JL.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2248 FULLPCS1 TY BURNS-JL.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2248 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- Agriculture Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–7** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Agriculture & Rural Affairs — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burns — primary (person)
- Hall — 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 Burns
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Agriculture `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Agriculture Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** General Order
- **2023-03-08** Authored by Senator Hall (principal Senate author)
- **2023-03-08** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 94 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-09** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-09** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** 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`
- **2024-04-24** General Order, Considered
- **2024-04-24** Measure passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 7 `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-04-25** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2024-04-25** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2024-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-29** Approved by Governor 04/29/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05c8c30b-fee2-4e56-a7d1-b74b5b841388`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).