---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical marijuana; authorizing the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority to employ secret shoppers; inspections; investigative results; effective date."
description: "Medical marijuana; authorizing the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority to employ secret shoppers; inspections; investigative results; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 3971"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3971 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burns", "Leewright"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 36
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79ccede6-7125-4617-8404-dee616b6d1e0"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3971&session=2200"
source_hash: "01376a997cd832411d4c672e3062b073a38c21ef2e2ed2cf6a71c3593a17b4ec"
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 3971 (2022) — Medical marijuana; authorizing the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority to employ secret shoppers; inspections; investigative results; 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/2021-22 INT/hB/HB3971 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB3971 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB3971 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB3971 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB3971 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB3971 SFLR.PDF)
7. **HB3971 FULLPCS1 TY BURNS-GRS.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3971 FULLPCS1 TY BURNS-GRS.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3971 CS.PDF)
9. **House Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCCS/HB3971 CCS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Burns — primary (person)
- Leewright — 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 Burns
- **2022-02-08** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2022-02-21** Referred to Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances Committee `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-23** General Order
- **2022-03-23** Coauthored by Representative(s) West (Josh), McDugle
- **2022-03-23** Authored by Senator Leewright (principal Senate author)
- **2022-03-23** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 8 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-23** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-03-24** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-24** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-29** Second Reading referred to Business, Commerce and Tourism `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-14** Reported Do Pass as amended Business and Commerce committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-14** Title stricken
- **2022-04-27** General Order, Considered
- **2022-04-27** Measure passed: Ayes: 35 Nays: 8 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-04-28** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2022-04-28** SA's received
- **2022-05-04** SA's rejected, conference requested, naming Conference Committee on Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances
- **2022-05-05** Conference granted, SCs named Leewright, Paxton, Taylor, Rosino, Dossett (J.J.)
- **2022-05-18** CCR submitted
- **2022-05-18** Title restored
- **2022-05-19** CCR adopted
- **2022-05-19** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 76 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2022-05-19** To Senate
- **2022-05-19** CCR read
- **2022-05-20** CCR adopted
- **2022-05-20** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 42 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2022-05-20** Referred for enrollment
- **2022-05-20** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2022-05-20** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2022-05-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-26** Approved by Governor 05/26/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79ccede6-7125-4617-8404-dee616b6d1e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).