---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oil and Gas Produced Water and Waste Recycling and Reuse Act; modifying definition; excluding certain persons from liability. Effective date."
description: "Oil and Gas Produced Water and Waste Recycling and Reuse Act; modifying definition; excluding certain persons from liability. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 18"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 18 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rader", "Sims"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2024-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11e2ee94-1630-4ccc-97fb-828a35f3fb2a"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB18&session=2400"
source_hash: "3a4f800d14c83d2421cea25653849fa05d4a24aec498d6e7c0388ec5dd51d9a7"
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 18 (2024) — Oil and Gas Produced Water and Waste Recycling and Reuse Act; modifying definition; excluding certain persons from liability. 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/SB18 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by SIMS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB18 FA1 SIMSLO-JBH.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB18 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB18 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB18 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB18 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Energy & Telecommunications — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Energy And Natural Resources Committee: Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **80–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rader — primary (person)
- Sims — 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 Rader
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Energy and Telecommunications `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Coauthored by Representative Sims (principal House author)
- **2023-02-16** Reported Do Pass Energy and Telecommunications committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06** General Order, Considered
- **2023-03-06** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-07** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-03-07** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Energy and Natural Resources `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** CR; Do Pass Energy and Natural Resources Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-25** General Order
- **2024-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-04-29** Enrolled, to House
- **2024-04-29** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Approved by Governor 05/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11e2ee94-1630-4ccc-97fb-828a35f3fb2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).