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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Groundwater use; modifying provisions related to spacing of wells. Effective date."
+description: "Groundwater use; modifying provisions related to spacing of wells. Effective date."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
+legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 1509"
+citation: "Oklahoma SB 1509 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jech", "Newton"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2026-02-02"
+last_action: "2026-05-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/194860e7-09b1-44bb-a2d3-7ed9e57f69d6"
+source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1509&session=2600"
+source_hash: "7eaff59ab8c8b87e5c8b7de77891678e70d7811da7a5dc29f1981beee8d31f5d"
+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 SB 1509 (2026) — Groundwater use; modifying provisions related to spacing of wells. 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/SB/SB1509 INT.PDF)
+2. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1509 CA1.PDF)
+3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1509 ENGR.PDF)
+4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1509 ENR.PDF)
+5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1509 HFLR.PDF)
+6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1509 SFLR.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **37–7** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- Energy And Natural Resources Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **11–2** (pass) · lower
+- Agriculture Committee: Do Pass — **6–3** (pass) · lower
+- Advance — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **61–28** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jech — primary (person)
+- Newton — 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 Senator Jech
+- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Energy `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-05** Reported Do Pass Energy committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-10** Placed on General Order
+- **2026-02-12** Coauthored by Representative Newton (principal House author)
+- **2026-03-25** General Order, Considered
+- **2026-03-25** Advanced to Third Reading
+- **2026-03-25** Ayes: 43 Nays: 0
+- **2026-03-25** Measure passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 7 `passage`
+- **2026-03-25** Referred for engrossment
+- **2026-03-26** Engrossed to House `passage`
+- **2026-03-26** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Energy and Natural Resources Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-30** Referred to Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-06** Policy recommendation to the Energy and Natural Resources Oversight committee; Do Pass Agriculture `committee-passage`
+- **2026-04-06** Coauthored by Senator(s) Burns
+- **2026-04-15** CR; Do Pass Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
+- **2026-05-04** General Order
+- **2026-05-04** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 61 Nays: 28 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-05-04** Signed, returned to Senate
+- **2026-05-04** Referred for enrollment
+- **2026-05-05** Enrolled, to House
+- **2026-05-05** Signed, returned to Senate
+- **2026-05-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-11** Approved by Governor 05/07/2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/194860e7-09b1-44bb-a2d3-7ed9e57f69d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).
+