---
type: "Bill"
title: "Groundwater; definitions; creating the Groundwater Irrigation District Act; effective date."
description: "Groundwater; definitions; creating the Groundwater Irrigation District Act; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 2263"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2263 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murdock", "Patzkowsky"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 29
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ee10cd2-3b75-4cb8-b819-9628c1a83fbd"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2263&session=2000"
source_hash: "9aa90dfc1d42a602b7d2a66ef4005c6019f32789f6940a6c43b45f32db735ef6"
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 2263 (2020) — Groundwater; definitions; creating the Groundwater Irrigation District Act; 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/2019-20 INT/hB/HB2263 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by PATZKOWSKY** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB2263 FA1 PATZKOWSKYKE-LRB.PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB2263 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2263 PCS.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB2263 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB2263 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB2263 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB2263 SFLR.PDF)
9. **HB2263 (4-15-19) (MURDOCK) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2263 (4-15-19) (MURDOCK) RT FA1.PDF)
10. **HB2263 FULLPCS1 KENTON PATZKOWSKY-JBH.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2263 FULLPCS1 KENTON PATZKOWSKY-JBH.PDF)
11. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2263 CS.PDF)
12. **Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCSH/HB2263 SCSH.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **32–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Murdock — primary (person)
- Patzkowsky — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Authored by Representative Patzkowsky
- **2019-02-04** Authored by Senator Murdock (principal Senate author)
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Energy and Natural Resources `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Energy and Natural Resources Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-05** General Order
- **2019-03-05** Coauthored by Representative(s) McBride
- **2019-03-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-05** Title stricken
- **2019-03-05** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 96 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-06** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Second Reading referred to Energy `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Energy committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16** General Order, Amended
- **2019-04-16** Title restored
- **2019-04-16** Measure passed: Ayes: 32 Nays: 9 `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-17** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-04-17** SA's received
- **2019-05-02** SA's read, adopted
- **2019-05-02** Coauthored by Representative(s) Russ
- **2019-05-02** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-06** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2019-05-06** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2019-05-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-09** Approved by Governor 05/09/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ee10cd2-3b75-4cb8-b819-9628c1a83fbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).