---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Conservation Easement Act; requiring disclosure of certain easement to potential buyer. Effective date."
description: "Uniform Conservation Easement Act; requiring disclosure of certain easement to potential buyer. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 1997"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1997 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murdock", "Newton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56660ac9-7d2c-4d84-b9da-039a766a8efb"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1997&session=2400"
source_hash: "1b1c0ee409ef82c9bdbfb094121a970893f3b053d0f1739355a930862e279c63"
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 1997 (2024) — Uniform Conservation Easement Act; requiring disclosure of certain easement to potential buyer. 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/SB1997 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB1997 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB1997 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB1997 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB1997 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary - Civil Committee: Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **86–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Murdock — primary (person)
- Newton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** Authored by Senator Murdock
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Coauthored by Representative Newton (principal House author)
- **2024-02-13** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-13** Coauthored by Senator Bullard
- **2024-02-28** Coauthored by Senator Hamilton
- **2024-03-05** General Order, Considered
- **2024-03-05** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-06** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2024-03-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-25** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Civil `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28** CR; Do Pass Judiciary - Civil Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-28** Coauthored by Representative(s) Dobrinski
- **2024-04-15** General Order
- **2024-04-15** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-15** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-15** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-04-16** Enrolled, to House
- **2024-04-16** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-16** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-18** Approved by Governor 04/18/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56660ac9-7d2c-4d84-b9da-039a766a8efb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).