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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Rural water districts; removing certain limitations prohibiting the organizing of a district; emergency."
+description: "Rural water districts; removing certain limitations prohibiting the organizing of a district; emergency."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
+legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 4316"
+citation: "Oklahoma HB 4316 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Kendrix"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2026-02-02"
+last_action: "2026-05-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b001eff-32f5-45d5-b929-2d90bf6b0c7a"
+source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB4316&session=2600"
+source_hash: "48fd7fe48e5e692622dc6767c281b087bc8716b277af9106855a7c02148bb5ab"
+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 4316 (2026) — Rural water districts; removing certain limitations prohibiting the organizing of a district; emergency.
+
+## 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/HB4316 INT.PDF)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB4316 ENGR.PDF)
+3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB4316 ENR.PDF)
+4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB4316 HFLR.PDF)
+5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB4316 SFLR.PDF)
+6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB4316 CS.PDF)
+7. **Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB4316 FULLPCS1 GERRID KENDRIX-JBH.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **83–6** (pass) · lower
+- Energy Committee: Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **47–1** (pass) · upper
+- Energy And Natural Resources Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **14–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Howard — primary (person)
+- Kendrix — 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 Kendrix
+- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Energy and Natural Resources Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-03** Referred to Energy `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-11** Policy recommendation to the Energy and Natural Resources Oversight committee; Do Pass Energy `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-11** Coauthored by Representative(s) Luttrell
+- **2026-02-11** Authored by Senator Howard (principal Senate author)
+- **2026-02-25** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-09** General Order
+- **2026-03-09** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 6 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-09** Referred for engrossment
+- **2026-03-10** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
+- **2026-03-10** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2026-03-24** Coauthored by Representative Timmons
+- **2026-04-01** Second Reading referred to Energy `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-23** Reported Do Pass Energy committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
+- **2026-04-28** Placed on General Order
+- **2026-05-04** General Order, Considered
+- **2026-05-04** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 47 Nays: 1 `passage`
+- **2026-05-04** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
+- **2026-05-04** Referred for enrollment
+- **2026-05-05** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
+- **2026-05-05** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
+- **2026-05-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-11** Approved by Governor 05/11/2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b001eff-32f5-45d5-b929-2d90bf6b0c7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).
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