---
type: "Bill"
title: "County fire departments; directors; qualifications; effective date; emergency."
description: "County fire departments; directors; qualifications; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 3079"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3079 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bullard", "Smith"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15f64139-7b10-4e44-bab0-b9027305d0db"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3079&session=2200"
source_hash: "8813b0121dce1c3382535ffae772a0a5943cba3b015504c1739b13ea6fceeec7"
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 3079 (2022) — County fire departments; directors; qualifications; 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/2021-22 INT/hB/HB3079 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB3079 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB3079 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB3079 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB3079 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Bullard — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** Authored by Representative Smith
- **2022-02-08** Second Reading referred to County and Municipal Government `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** CR; Do Pass County and Municipal Government Committee `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-07** General Order
- **2022-03-07** Authored by Senator Bullard (principal Senate author)
- **2022-03-07** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 97 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-07** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-03-08** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-08** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-24** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-28** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-28** General Order, Considered
- **2022-04-28** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-28** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2022-04-28** Referred for enrollment
- **2022-05-02** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2022-05-02** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2022-05-02** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-05** Approved by Governor 05/05/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15f64139-7b10-4e44-bab0-b9027305d0db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).