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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Oil and gas; authorizing certain operators to make voluntary election. Emergency."
+description: "Oil and gas; authorizing certain operators to make voluntary election. Emergency."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
+legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 1976"
+citation: "Oklahoma SB 1976 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Boles", "Green"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2026-02-02"
+last_action: "2026-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83267672-1534-4492-a5d6-51575a2b96ad"
+source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1976&session=2600"
+source_hash: "c42ed77617d5c896b8768bc7067d9639bc22fdfd626a0235dea40b7eada0cf52"
+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 1976 (2026) — Oil and gas; authorizing certain operators to make voluntary election. 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/SB/SB1976 INT.PDF)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1976 ENGR.PDF)
+3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1976 ENR.PDF)
+4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1976 HFLR.PDF)
+5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1976 SFLR.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **87–0** (pass) · lower
+- Energy And Natural Resources Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **12–1** (pass) · lower
+- Energy Committee: Do Pass — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Boles — primary (person)
+- Green — 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 Green
+- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Energy `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-26** Reported Do Pass Energy committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-03** Placed on General Order
+- **2026-03-03** Coauthored by Representative Boles (principal House author)
+- **2026-03-16** General Order, Considered
+- **2026-03-16** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 1 `passage`
+- **2026-03-16** Referred for engrossment
+- **2026-03-17** Engrossed to House `passage`
+- **2026-03-17** 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 Energy `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-01** Policy recommendation to the Energy and Natural Resources Oversight committee; Do Pass Energy `committee-passage`
+- **2026-04-15** CR; Do Pass Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
+- **2026-04-29** General Order
+- **2026-04-29** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-04-29** Signed, returned to Senate
+- **2026-04-29** Referred for enrollment
+- **2026-04-30** Enrolled, to House
+- **2026-04-30** Signed, returned to Senate
+- **2026-04-30** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-06** Approved by Governor 05/06/2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83267672-1534-4492-a5d6-51575a2b96ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).
+