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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Water and water rights; establishing procedures for permitting, monitoring, and reporting of groundwater use. Effective date."
+description: "Water and water rights; establishing procedures for permitting, monitoring, and reporting of groundwater use. Effective date."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
+legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 259"
+citation: "Oklahoma SB 259 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Newton"]
+version_count: 14
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2025-02-03"
+last_action: "2026-05-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5af18c62-8d73-4494-a1ae-3232001baeb0"
+source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB259&session=2600"
+source_hash: "f1d3390a8914a5fba3c51dfebfe3aecad200a4764d3103f215cc826b8e2c77b9"
+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 259 (2026) — Water and water rights; establishing procedures for permitting, monitoring, and reporting of groundwater use. 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/SB259 INT.PDF)
+2. **1 Floor Amendment by NEWTON** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB259 FA1 NEWTONCA-JBH.PDF)
+3. **2 Floor Amendment by NEWTON (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB259 FA2 NEWTONCA-JBH(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
+4. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/SB259 HASB AND ENGR.PDF)
+5. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB259 PCS.PDF)
+6. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB259 CS.PDF)
+7. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB259 ENGR.PDF)
+8. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB259 ENR.PDF)
+9. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB259 HFLR.PDF)
+10. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB259 SFLR.PDF)
+11. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB259 HCS.PDF)
+12. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB259 POLREC.PDF)
+13. **Proposed Policy Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB259 POLAMD1 NICK ARCHER-JBH.PDF)
+14. **SB259 (3-23-26) (HOWARD) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB259 (3-23-26) (HOWARD) RT FA1.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **88–1** (pass) · lower
+- Advance — **34–8** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass Amended Cs — **7–1** (pass) · upper
+- Energy Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Energy And Natural Resources Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **8–6** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **36–10** (pass) · upper
+- Fourth Reading — **38–10** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Howard — primary (person)
+- Newton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-02-03** Authored by Senator Howard
+- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Energy Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-24** Coauthored by Representative Newton (principal House author)
+- **2026-03-05** Withdrawn from Appropriations committee
+- **2026-03-05** Referred to Energy `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-05** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Energy committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-05** Title stricken
+- **2026-03-10** Placed on General Order
+- **2026-03-25** General Order, Amended
+- **2026-03-25** Title restored
+- **2026-03-25** Advanced to Third Reading
+- **2026-03-25** Ayes: 34 Nays: 8
+- **2026-03-25** Measure passed: Ayes: 36 Nays: 11 `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** Withdrawn from Agriculture Committee
+- **2026-04-06** Referred to Energy `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-08** Policy recommendation to the Energy and Natural Resources Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Energy `committee-passage`
+- **2026-04-08** Coauthored by Senator(s) Burns
+- **2026-04-14** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
+- **2026-05-06** General Order
+- **2026-05-06** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-05-06** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 1 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-05-06** Referred for engrossment
+- **2026-05-07** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
+- **2026-05-14** HAs read
+- **2026-05-14** Coauthored by Representative Boles
+- **2026-05-14** HAs adopted
+- **2026-05-14** Measure passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 10 `passage`
+- **2026-05-14** Referred for enrollment
+- **2026-05-14** Enrolled, to House
+- **2026-05-14** Signed, returned to Senate
+- **2026-05-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-29** Approved by Governor 05/20/2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5af18c62-8d73-4494-a1ae-3232001baeb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).
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