---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oklahoma Underground Facilities Damage Prevention Act; modifying definitions; requiring certain information to be provided to underground facilities within certain timeframe. Effective date."
description: "Oklahoma Underground Facilities Damage Prevention Act; modifying definitions; requiring certain information to be provided to underground facilities within certain timeframe. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 497"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 497 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell (Trey)", "Paxton"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41d1dc9c-eeb5-4238-91eb-2bd8c8b7bb28"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB497&session=2300"
source_hash: "bb2229bddb69ce75f9b8050bf208c0ad50a49f86bf6392697bb8dae26c01e54d"
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 497 (2023) — Oklahoma Underground Facilities Damage Prevention Act; modifying definitions; requiring certain information to be provided to underground facilities within certain timeframe. 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/2023-24 INT/SB/SB497 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB497 PCS.PDF)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB497 CS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB497 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB497 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB497 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB497 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Caldwell (Trey) — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Senator Paxton
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Energy and Telecommunications `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Energy and Telecommunications committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07** Coauthored by Representative Caldwell (Trey) (principal House author)
- **2023-03-14** General Order, Considered
- **2023-03-14** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-14** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-20** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-03-20** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Utilities `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** CR; Do Pass Utilities Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-10** Coauthored by Representative(s) CrosswhiteHader
- **2023-04-26** General Order
- **2023-04-26** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 94 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-26** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-27** Enrolled, to House
- **2023-04-27** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-27** Received from the House
- **2023-05-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-05** Approved by Governor 05/05/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41d1dc9c-eeb5-4238-91eb-2bd8c8b7bb28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).