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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public utilities; cost of transmission upgrades; modifying application process for construction of certain facilities; establishing cost recovery provisions."
+description: "Public utilities; cost of transmission upgrades; modifying application process for construction of certain facilities; establishing cost recovery provisions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
+legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 998"
+citation: "Oklahoma SB 998 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell (Trey)", "Green"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2025-02-03"
+last_action: "2025-05-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c9c88ce-fb72-42f6-a9d0-ef497ddf5371"
+source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB998&session=2600"
+source_hash: "734e317a9ebff94966ffa7b09a7291b0b6ed8d78a22162e7719127afc90bfbba"
+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 998 (2026) — Public utilities; cost of transmission upgrades; modifying application process for construction of certain facilities; establishing cost recovery provisions.
+
+## 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/SB998 INT.PDF)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB998 ENGR.PDF)
+3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB998 ENR.PDF)
+4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB998 HFLR.PDF)
+5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB998 SFLR.PDF)
+6. **SB998 (3-24-25) (GREEN) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB998 (3-24-25) (GREEN) FS FA1.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Energy And Natural Resources Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **11–3** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **51–39** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **26–20** (pass) · upper
+- Emergency — **48–36** (pass) · lower
+- Utilities Committee: Do Pass — **5–2** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **8–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Caldwell (Trey) — primary (person)
+- Green — 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 Gollihare
+- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Energy `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-06** Reported Do Pass Energy committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-11** Placed on General Order
+- **2025-03-13** Remove as author Senator Gollihare; authored by Senator Green
+- **2025-03-13** Coauthored by Senator Gollihare
+- **2025-03-25** Coauthored by Representative Caldwell (Trey) (principal House author)
+- **2025-03-27** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
+- **2025-03-27** Measure passed: Ayes: 26 Nays: 20 `passage`
+- **2025-03-27** Emergency passed: Ayes: 33 Nays: 13
+- **2025-03-27** Referred for engrossment
+- **2025-03-31** Engrossed to House `passage`
+- **2025-03-31** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Energy and Natural Resources Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-01** Referred to Utilities `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-09** Policy recommendation to the Energy and Natural Resources Oversight committee; Do Pass Utilities `committee-passage`
+- **2025-04-16** CR; Do Pass Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
+- **2025-05-06** General Order
+- **2025-05-06** Third Reading, Measure passed and Emergency failed: Ayes: 51 Nays: 39; Ayes: 48 Nays: 36 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-06** Signed, returned to Senate
+- **2025-05-06** Referred for enrollment
+- **2025-05-07** Enrolled, to House
+- **2025-05-07** Signed, returned to Senate
+- **2025-05-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-14** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/14/2025 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c9c88ce-fb72-42f6-a9d0-ef497ddf5371`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).
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