---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wildlife; five-day paper license to licensed commercial hunt area; fees; issuance; effective date."
description: "Wildlife; five-day paper license to licensed commercial hunt area; fees; issuance; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 3856"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3856 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cornwell", "Pemberton"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7523c058-a366-464b-8b40-ad664f0aa737"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3856&session=2400"
source_hash: "f04d38e3f4d545d572f9b21f51428c9dfcd0b6e1065e8ebeaab6981ed4cfbbf3"
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 3856 (2024) — Wildlife; five-day paper license to licensed commercial hunt area; fees; issuance; 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/HB3856 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by CORNWELL** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB3856 FA1 CORNWELLRU-JL.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB3856 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB3856 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB3856 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB3856 SFLR.PDF)
7. **HB3856 (4-16-24) (PEMBERTON) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB3856 (4-16-24) (PEMBERTON) RT FA1.PDF)
8. **HB3856 FULLPCS1 RUSTY CORNWELL-MKS.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3856 FULLPCS1 RUSTY CORNWELL-MKS.PDF)
9. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3856 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **84–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- Wildlife Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Tourism & Wildlife — **9–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cornwell — primary (person)
- Pemberton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** Authored by Representative Cornwell
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Wildlife `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Wildlife Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29** Authored by Senator Pemberton (principal Senate author)
- **2024-03-14** General Order
- **2024-03-14** Amended by floor substitute
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-14** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-18** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-18** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-27** Second Reading referred to Tourism and Wildlife `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-08** Reported Do Pass as amended Tourism and Wildlife committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-08** Title stricken
- **2024-04-23** General Order, Amended
- **2024-04-23** Title restored
- **2024-04-23** Amendment restored bill to engrossed version `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-23** Measure passed: Ayes: 36 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Coauthored by Senator Stephens
- **2024-04-23** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-04-24** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2024-04-24** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2024-04-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-29** Approved by Governor 04/26/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7523c058-a366-464b-8b40-ad664f0aa737`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).