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HB3145 • 2026

Game and fish; tagging of wildlife; exempting fee for tags of certain animals; effective date.

Game and fish; tagging of wildlife; exempting fee for tags of certain animals; effective date.

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Sponsor
Cornwell
Last action
2026-04-22
Official status
Placed on General Order
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Game and fish; tagging of wildlife; exempting fee for tags of certain animals; effective date.

Game and fish; tagging of wildlife; exempting fee for tags of certain animals; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Game and fish; tagging of wildlife; exempting fee for tags of certain animals; effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3145 (House): Introduced (2/4/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3145 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 (2/4/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3145 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 2 (2/6/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3145 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Recommendation (3/2/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3145 (House): Committee Substitute (3/23/2026) Fiscal Impact Statements For HB 3145 (Senate): HB3145 ENGR FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: (Floor Amendments Only) Date and Time Filed: Untimely Amendment Cycle Extended Secondary Amendment SENATE CHAMBER STATE OF OKLAHOMA DISPOSITION FLOOR AMENDMENT No.

  • (Floor Amendments Only) Date and Time Filed: Untimely Amendment Cycle Extended Secondary Amendment SENATE CHAMBER STATE OF OKLAHOMA DISPOSITION FLOOR AMENDMENT No.
  • ________ COMMITTEE AMENDMENT (Date) I move to amend House Bill No.
  • 3145, on Page 2, Line 10 ½, by inserting a new SECTION 2 to read as follows, by renumbering subsequent section, and by amending the title to conform: “SECTION 2.
  • REPEALER 29 O.S.
Filed

Plain English: Req.

  • Req.
  • No.
  • 16216 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026) POLICY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
  • 3145 By: Cornwell POLICY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION An Act relating to game and fish; amending 29 O.S.
Filed

Plain English: HB3145 POLPCS1 Rusty Cornwell-JL 2/2/2026 11:33:59 am AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Rusty Cornwell Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB3145 Of the printed Bill Page Section Lines Of the Engrossed Bill By deleting the content of the entire measure, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following language: Req.

  • HB3145 POLPCS1 Rusty Cornwell-JL 2/2/2026 11:33:59 am AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Rusty Cornwell Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB3145 Of the printed Bill Page Section Lines Of the Engrossed Bill By deleting the content of the entire measure, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following language: Req.
  • No.
  • 15994 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026) PROPOSED POLICY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
  • 3145 By: Cornwell PROPOSED POLICY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to game and fish; amending 29 O.S.
Filed

Plain English: HB3145 POLPCS2 Rusty Cornwell-JL 2/4/2026 1:50:07 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Rusty Cornwell Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB3145 Of the printed Bill Page Section Lines Of the Engrossed Bill By deleting the content of the entire measure, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following language: Req.

  • HB3145 POLPCS2 Rusty Cornwell-JL 2/4/2026 1:50:07 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Rusty Cornwell Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB3145 Of the printed Bill Page Section Lines Of the Engrossed Bill By deleting the content of the entire measure, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following language: Req.
  • No.
  • 16056 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026) PROPOSED POLICY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
  • 3145 By: Cornwell PROPOSED POLICY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to game and fish; amending 29 O.S.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-22 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  2. 2026-04-20 Senate

    Reported Do Pass Agriculture and Wildlife committee; CR filed

  3. 2026-04-01 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Agriculture and Wildlife

  4. 2026-03-26 House

    Engrossed, signed, to Senate

  5. 2026-03-26 Senate

    First Reading

  6. 2026-03-26 Senate

    Coauthored by Representative Archer

  7. 2026-03-25 House

    General Order

  8. 2026-03-25 House

    Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0

  9. 2026-03-25 House

    Referred for engrossment

  10. 2026-03-04 House

    CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee

  11. 2026-03-04 House

    Authored by Senator Sacchieri (principal Senate author)

  12. 2026-02-10 House

    Policy recommendation to the Energy and Natural Resources Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Wildlife

  13. 2026-02-04 House

    Withdrawn from Rules Committee

  14. 2026-02-04 House

    Referred to Energy and Natural Resources Oversight

  15. 2026-02-04 House

    Referred to Wildlife

  16. 2026-02-03 House

    Second Reading referred to Rules

  17. 2026-02-02 House

    First Reading

  18. 2026-02-02 House

    Authored by Representative Cornwell

Official Summary Text

Game and fish; tagging of wildlife; exempting fee for tags of certain animals; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3145 (House): Introduced (2/4/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3145 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 (2/4/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3145 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 2 (2/6/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3145 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Recommendation (3/2/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3145 (House): Committee Substitute (3/23/2026)
Fiscal Impact Statements For HB 3145 (Senate): HB3145 ENGR FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

Current Bill Text

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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 3145 By: Cornwell of the House

and

Sacchieri of the Senate

An Act relating to game and fish; amending 29 O.S.
2021, Section 5-102, which relates to tagging of
wildlife; exempting tag fee for tags for certain
animals; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 29 O.S. 2021, Section 5-102, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 5-102. A. No person may remove any propagated or
released wildlife or domesticated animals hunted for sport which are
killed at a commercial hunting area, including exotic wildlife,
without attaching a tag to each of such killed wildlife or
domesticated animals hunted for sport.
B. The tags shall be supplied by the Oklahoma Wildlife
Conservation Commission at a cost of no more than Ten Dollars
($10.00); provided, that there shall be no fee for tags for females
of the Cervidae family, feral swine, and exotic wildlife not native
to North America, which are hunted for sport and killed at a

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commercial hunting area. The tags shall contain such information as
the Commission may require and shall be numbered consecutively.
C. Such tag must remain attached to the individual wildlife or
domesticated animals hunted for sport until prepared and consumed
and shall not be used more than once.
D. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this
section shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred
Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or
by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed sixty (60) days, or
by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
Passed the House of Representatives the 25th day of March, 2026.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives

Passed the Senate the _____ day of __________, 2026.

Presiding Officer of the Senate