---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture; weights and standards; references; certification; effective date."
description: "Agriculture; weights and standards; references; certification; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1542"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1542 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patzkowsky", "Pederson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/918fb929-da07-42d4-ab60-0e5d9f2b5ca0"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1542&session=2600"
source_hash: "963674531f8c3dd83208f2360a670a882557727e482f8acddfdd67cc30576f57"
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 1542 (2026) — Agriculture; weights and standards; references; certification; effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 INT/hB/HB1542 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB1542 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB1542 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB1542 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB1542 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Energy And Natural Resources Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Agriculture Committee: Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patzkowsky — primary (person)
- Pederson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Authored by Representative Patzkowsky
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Energy and Natural Resources Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Policy recommendation to the Energy and Natural Resources Oversight committee; Do Pass Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26** CR; Do Pass Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26** Authored by Senator Pederson (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-04** General Order
- **2025-03-04** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 95 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-05** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Agriculture and Wildlife `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14** Reported Do Pass Agriculture and Wildlife committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-16** Placed on General Order
- **2025-04-29** General Order, Considered
- **2025-04-29** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-04-30** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-04-30** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2025-04-30** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-07** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/07/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/918fb929-da07-42d4-ab60-0e5d9f2b5ca0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).