---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electric power; ten-year assessment; repealer; effective date."
description: "Electric power; ten-year assessment; repealer; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2959"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2959 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quinn", "Thomsen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d754f4c4-8901-4918-a893-8e372a95c67f"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2959&session=1800"
source_hash: "2f906c042992df9f868019e9a772aa1af2b4565247fbf6db93bff4023961585c"
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 2959 (2017-2018) — Electric power; ten-year assessment; repealer; 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/2017-18 INT/hB/HB2959 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB2959 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB2959 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB2959 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB2959 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **85–0** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Quinn — primary (person)
- Thomsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Authored by Representative Thomsen
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2018-02-15** Referred to Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** CR; Do Pass Utilities Committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** Authored by Senator Quinn (principal Senate author)
- **2018-03-08** General Order
- **2018-03-08** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-03-12** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2018-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-20** Second Reading referred to Energy `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Reported Do Pass Energy committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-04** General Order, Considered
- **2018-04-04** Measure passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-04** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2018-04-04** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-04-05** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2018-04-05** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2018-04-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-11** Approved by Governor 04/11/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d754f4c4-8901-4918-a893-8e372a95c67f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).