---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment Security Act; definitions; extended base period; employing unit; unemployment; claims; effective date."
description: "Employment Security Act; definitions; extended base period; employing unit; unemployment; claims; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4413"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 4413 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leewright", "McDugle"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 43
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/178a05b3-049b-4b60-8642-611591cac1cc"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB4413&session=2200"
source_hash: "1bdfcaf8e7f9a889caa2b1fe19be2248640fd45d476d9114440cee606735a06d"
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 4413 (2022) — Employment Security Act; definitions; extended base period; employing unit; unemployment; claims; 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/HB4413 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by LOWE** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB4413 FA1 LOWEDI-AQH.PDF)
3. **2 Floor Amendment by OSBURN** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB4413 FA2 OSBURNMI-CC.PDF)
4. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB4413 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB4413 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB4413 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB4413 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB4413 SFLR.PDF)
9. **HB4413 (4-25-22) (MONTGOMERY) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB4413 (4-25-22) (MONTGOMERY) RT FA1.PDF)
10. **House Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCCS/HB4413 CCS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Leewright — primary (person)
- McDugle — 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 Lowe (Dick)
- **2022-02-08** Second Reading referred to Utilities `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** CR; Do Pass Utilities Committee `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-01** Authored by Senator Montgomery (principal Senate author)
- **2022-03-22** General Order
- **2022-03-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-22** Title stricken
- **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 Finance `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-12** Reported Do Pass as amended Finance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-12** Enacting clause stricken
- **2022-04-26** General Order, Considered
- **2022-04-26** Measure passed: Ayes: 35 Nays: 8 `passage`
- **2022-04-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-04-27** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2022-04-27** SA's received
- **2022-05-05** SA's rejected, conference requested, naming Conference Committee on Utilities
- **2022-05-05** Conference granted, SCs named Montgomery, Paxton, Pederson, Taylor, Howard, Floyd, Young
- **2022-05-10** CCR submitted
- **2022-05-10** Title restored
- **2022-05-10** Enacting clause restored
- **2022-05-19** CCR rejected, further conference requested, naming Conference Committee on Utilities
- **2022-05-19** Remove Senator Montgomery as principal Senate author and substitute with Senator Leewright
- **2022-05-19** Further conference granted
- **2022-05-19** SCs changed Montgomery, Paxton, Pederson, Taylor, Howard, Floyd, Young to Leewright, Paxton, Pederson, Taylor, Howard, Floyd, Young
- **2022-05-19** 2 CCR submitted
- **2022-05-19** 2 CCR adopted
- **2022-05-19** Remove Representative Lowe (Dick) as principal House author and substitute with Representative McDugle
- **2022-05-19** Coauthored by Representative(s) Lowe (Dick)
- **2022-05-19** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 76 Nays: 4 `passage`
- **2022-05-19** To Senate
- **2022-05-19** 2 CCR read
- **2022-05-20** 2 CCR adopted
- **2022-05-20** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 38 Nays: 4 `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/178a05b3-049b-4b60-8642-611591cac1cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).