---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water; waste prohibition; use of marginal water; requiring the Oklahoma Water Resources Board promulgate and implement certain rules. Effective date."
description: "Water; waste prohibition; use of marginal water; requiring the Oklahoma Water Resources Board promulgate and implement certain rules. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 998"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 998 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murdock", "Patzkowsky"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f62c8ae-615a-4c6c-a529-a305100cd443"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB998&session=2000"
source_hash: "9b32d91f0cf718855f66c86fac143d71395025f5f013891153dbd456e1dd183c"
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 (2020) — Water; waste prohibition; use of marginal water; requiring the Oklahoma Water Resources Board promulgate and implement certain rules. Effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 INT/SB/SB998 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB998 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB998 CA1.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB998 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB998 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB998 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB998 SFLR.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB998 HCS.PDF)
9. **SB998 (3-06-19) (MURDOCK) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB998 (3-06-19) (MURDOCK) RT FA1.PDF)
10. **SB998 (3-06-19) (MURDOCK) RT WDFA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB998 (3-06-19) (MURDOCK) RT WDFA1.PDF)
11. **SB998 FULLPCS1 KENTON PATZKOWSKY-JBH.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB998 FULLPCS1 KENTON PATZKOWSKY-JBH.PDF)
12. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB998 CS.PDF)
13. **Senate Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCCS/SB998 CCS.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Murdock — primary (person)
- Patzkowsky — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-04** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Authored by Senator Murdock
- **2019-02-11** Second Reading referred to Energy `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Energy committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** Title stricken
- **2019-03-04** Coauthored by Representative Patzkowsky (principal House author)
- **2019-03-12** General Order, Considered
- **2019-03-12** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-12** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-13** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-03-13** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading referred to Energy and Natural Resources `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-03** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Energy and Natural Resources Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-03** Title restored
- **2019-04-25** General Order
- **2019-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 77 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-29** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-04-29** HAs read
- **2019-05-08** Considered
- **2019-05-08** Motion to adopt failed
- **2019-05-13** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2019-05-14** SCs named Murdock, Allen, Weaver, Quinn, Boren, Matthews
- **2019-05-15** Conference granted, naming Conference Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- **2019-05-21** coauthored by Hill
- **2019-05-21** CCR read
- **2019-05-22** CCR adopted
- **2019-05-22** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-22** CCR submitted
- **2019-05-23** CCR adopted
- **2019-05-23** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-23** To Senate
- **2019-05-23** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-23** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-05-23** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-05-23** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-29** Approved by Governor 05/29/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f62c8ae-615a-4c6c-a529-a305100cd443`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).