---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oil and gas; ratification or approval of unitization plan by lessees and owners; royalty interest exclusion; royalty ownership; emergency."
description: "Oil and gas; ratification or approval of unitization plan by lessees and owners; royalty interest exclusion; royalty ownership; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2029"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2029 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ODonnell", "Taylor"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/316205a2-5b02-4f0c-824b-f975c4abf1e9"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2029&session=2100"
source_hash: "0d6ba40f8e60338e30720a0633926c90d3887367f0f3df82d37764ff1763eb1e"
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 HB 2029 (2021) — Oil and gas; ratification or approval of unitization plan by lessees and owners; royalty interest exclusion; royalty ownership; emergency.

## 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/2021-22 INT/hB/HB2029 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB2029 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB2029 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB2029 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB2029 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB2029 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCCS/HB2029 CCS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- ODonnell — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Authored by Representative ODonnell
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Energy and Natural Resources `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** CR; Do Pass Energy and Natural Resources Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-02** General Order
- **2021-03-02** Authored by Senator Taylor (principal Senate author)
- **2021-03-02** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-03** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Second Reading referred to Energy `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Reported Do Pass as amended Energy committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Title stricken
- **2021-04-21** General Order, Considered
- **2021-04-21** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-04-22** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-04-22** SA's received
- **2021-05-03** SA's rejected, conference requested, naming Conference Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- **2021-05-04** Conference granted, SCs named Taylor, Allen, Bullard, Murdock, Boren, Hicks
- **2021-05-12** CCR submitted
- **2021-05-12** Title restored
- **2021-05-12** Emergency added
- **2021-05-17** CCR adopted
- **2021-05-17** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2021-05-17** To Senate
- **2021-05-17** CCR read
- **2021-05-19** CCR adopted
- **2021-05-19** Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-05-20** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2021-05-20** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2021-05-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-24** Approved by Governor 05/24/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/316205a2-5b02-4f0c-824b-f975c4abf1e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).