---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cross-deputization; allowing the Attorney General to cross-deputize law enforcement; clarifying certain liability. Effective date."
description: "Cross-deputization; allowing the Attorney General to cross-deputize law enforcement; clarifying certain liability. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 1565"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1565 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ford", "Weaver"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bea23a64-cbd7-4fec-9f2f-b2c9bb8a6193"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1565&session=2200"
source_hash: "ce14663e5f73299d2115506554d98aa68c56c712f94261f0755b0b8b7888afca"
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 SB 1565 (2022) — Cross-deputization; allowing the Attorney General to cross-deputize law enforcement; clarifying certain liability. 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/SB/SB1565 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB1565 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB1565 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB1565 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB1565 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Ford — primary (person)
- Weaver — 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 Senator Weaver
- **2022-02-08** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-10** Coauthored by Representative Ford (principal House author)
- **2022-03-22** General Order, Considered
- **2022-03-22** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-22** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-03-23** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2022-03-23** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-28** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** Withdrawn from Public Safety Committee
- **2022-03-31** Referred to Judiciary - Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13** CR; Do Pass Judiciary - Criminal Committee `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-25** General Order
- **2022-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 74 Nays: 15 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2022-04-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2022-04-26** Enrolled, to House
- **2022-04-26** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2022-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-28** Approved by Governor 04/28/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bea23a64-cbd7-4fec-9f2f-b2c9bb8a6193`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).