---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles; transferability of license plates; temporary license plates; effective date."
description: "Motor vehicles; transferability of license plates; temporary license plates; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 3982"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3982 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall", "Turner"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e55639fa-e63b-407f-8269-d8778565d33a"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3982&session=2600"
source_hash: "10d3f0dcfa46bde2b4b997630a06a58ece8b874cc91a67267f9645a3774c18a8"
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 3982 (2026) — Motor vehicles; transferability of license plates; temporary license plates; effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 INT/hB/HB3982 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by TURNER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB3982 FA1 TURNERTI-JBH.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB3982 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB3982 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB3982 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB3982 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3982 CS.PDF)
8. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3982 POLREC.PDF)
9. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3982 POLPCS1 TIM TURNER-JBH.PDF)

## Votes

- Public Safety Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **87–4** (pass) · lower
- Aeronautics & Transportation — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** Authored by Representative Caldwell (Trey)
- **2026-02-02** Remove Representative Caldwell (Trey) as principal House author and substitute with Representative Turner
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Authored by Senator Hall (principal Senate author)
- **2026-03-25** General Order
- **2026-03-25** Coauthored by Representative(s) Hill
- **2026-03-25** Amended by floor substitute
- **2026-03-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 4 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-30** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-30** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading referred to Aeronautics and Transportation `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-13** Reported Do Pass Aeronautics and Transportation committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-15** Placed on General Order
- **2026-05-04** General Order, Considered
- **2026-05-04** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2026-05-04** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2026-05-04** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-05-05** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2026-05-05** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2026-05-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** Approved by Governor 05/11/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e55639fa-e63b-407f-8269-d8778565d33a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).