---
type: "Bill"
title: "State government; authorizing the commission of certain peace officers; powers and duties; declaring officers are not employees of the Department of Public Safety; emergency."
description: "State government; authorizing the commission of certain peace officers; powers and duties; declaring officers are not employees of the Department of Public Safety; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1144"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1144 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCall", "Treat"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f35f4eb8-f5e3-4fb3-97c5-d2143193cf45"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1144&session=2300"
source_hash: "a8375b41373cc723a6f82cbfe2a5d7cf46ea8cdedf2c8a18b28be95eb2fea47b"
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 1144 (2023) — State government; authorizing the commission of certain peace officers; powers and duties; declaring officers are not employees of the Department of Public Safety; 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/2023-24 INT/hB/HB1144 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB1144 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB1144 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB1144 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB1144 SFLR.PDF)
6. **HB1144 FULLPCS1 CHARLES MCCALL-LRB.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1144 FULLPCS1 CHARLES MCCALL-LRB.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1144 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- McCall — primary (person)
- Treat — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Representative McCall
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01** Emergency added
- **2023-03-20** General Order
- **2023-03-20** Authored by Senator Treat (principal Senate author)
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 14 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-20** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-21** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-21** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-17** General Order, Considered
- **2023-04-17** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 8 `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-18** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2023-04-18** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2023-04-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-19** Approved by Governor 04/19/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f35f4eb8-f5e3-4fb3-97c5-d2143193cf45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).