---
type: "Bill"
title: "State government; broadening scope of certain prohibited act; contracts; employment restrictions for state officers or employees under certain circumstances; effective date."
description: "State government; broadening scope of certain prohibited act; contracts; employment restrictions for state officers or employees under certain circumstances; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 3279"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3279 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergstrom", "Pfeiffer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93c9e50b-401f-4814-b01c-b1e024c68dd6"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3279&session=2600"
source_hash: "83c828f3731960793601942957ea3b03765b0674b14823713578e322ef01cefc"
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 3279 (2026) — State government; broadening scope of certain prohibited act; contracts; employment restrictions for state officers or employees under certain circumstances; 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/HB3279 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB3279 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB3279 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB3279 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB3279 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3279 CS.PDF)
7. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3279 POLREC.PDF)
8. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3279 POLPCS1 JOHN PFEIFFER-GRS.PDF)

## Votes

- Government Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **80–10** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- General Government Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bergstrom — primary (person)
- Pfeiffer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** Authored by Representative Pfeiffer
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Government Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to General Government `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute General Government `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Government Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** Authored by Senator Hall (principal Senate author)
- **2026-03-10** General Order
- **2026-03-10** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 10 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-11** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-11** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading referred to Retirement and Government Resources `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-06** Remove as author Senator Hall; authored by Senator Bergstrom
- **2026-04-14** Reported Do Pass Retirement and Government Resources committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-14** Coauthored by Senator Boren
- **2026-04-16** Placed on General Order
- **2026-04-28** General Order, Considered
- **2026-04-28** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-28** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2026-04-28** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-04-28** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2026-04-28** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2026-04-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-05** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/05/2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93c9e50b-401f-4814-b01c-b1e024c68dd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).