---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporations; modifying power to contract; effective date."
description: "Corporations; modifying power to contract; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4001"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 4001 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Culver", "Daniels"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cae94b6-9c24-4199-be8a-fe5f61047e21"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB4001&session=2200"
source_hash: "7d9b20e1c407b8d1222f3414f2766b2337d38c02a8ab99870f89d4e9ae943ec9"
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 4001 (2022) — Corporations; modifying power to contract; 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/HB4001 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB4001 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB4001 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB4001 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB4001 SFLR.PDF)
6. **HB4001 FULLPCS1 BOB CULVER-MJ.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB4001 FULLPCS1 BOB CULVER-MJ.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB4001 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Culver — primary (person)
- Daniels — 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`
- **2022-02-16** Remove Representative Burns as principal House author and substitute with Representative Culver
- **2022-02-22** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Judiciary - Civil `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary - Civil Committee `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-22** General Order
- **2022-03-22** Authored by Senator Daniels (principal Senate author)
- **2022-03-22** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-22** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-03-23** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-23** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-29** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-12** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-26** General Order, Considered
- **2022-04-26** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-26** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2022-04-26** Referred for enrollment
- **2022-04-27** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2022-04-27** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2022-04-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-02** Approved by Governor 04/29/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6cae94b6-9c24-4199-be8a-fe5f61047e21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).