---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water and water rights; application for permits to take and use groundwater; appeals; injunctive relief; emergency."
description: "Water and water rights; application for permits to take and use groundwater; appeals; injunctive relief; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2053"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2053 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hardin", "Howard"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 50
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0b1346a-6e6e-49e5-8a30-4b718d93e70a"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2053&session=2300"
source_hash: "994e1badbfc2f0035f34ff1599a449a33e690b06e5bfa22bcf49f184ebe7d197"
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 2053 (2023) — Water and water rights; application for permits to take and use groundwater; appeals; injunctive relief; emergency.

## 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/hB/HB2053 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by MARTINEZ** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB2053 FA1 MARTINEZRY-CC.PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB2053 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB2053 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB2053 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB2053 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB2053 SFLR.PDF)
8. **HB2053 (4-24-23) (HOWARD) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2053 (4-24-23) (HOWARD) FS FA1.PDF)
9. **HB2053 (4-24-23) (HOWARD) RT FA2.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2053 (4-24-23) (HOWARD) RT FA2.PDF)
10. **HB2053 FULLAMD1 DAVID HARDIN-MAH.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2053 FULLAMD1 DAVID HARDIN-MAH.PDF)
11. **HB2053 FULLPCS1 DAVID HARDIN-MAH.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2053 FULLPCS1 DAVID HARDIN-MAH.PDF)
12. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2053 CS.PDF)
13. **House Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCCS/HB2053 CCS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Hardin — primary (person)
- Howard — 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 Representative Hardin
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Agriculture `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Agriculture Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Authored by Senator Howard (principal Senate author)
- **2023-02-15** Emergency added
- **2023-03-22** General Order
- **2023-03-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-22** Title stricken
- **2023-03-22** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 74 Nays: 11 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-23** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-23** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading referred to Energy and Telecommunications `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Reported Do Pass as amended Energy and Telecommunications committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06** Enacting clause stricken
- **2023-04-06** Coauthored by Senator Woods
- **2023-04-25** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2023-04-25** Title restored
- **2023-04-25** Enacting clause restored
- **2023-04-25** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 9 `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-04-25** Coauthored by Representative Fetgatter
- **2023-04-25** Coauthored by Representative West (Josh)
- **2023-04-25** Coauthored by Representative Sims
- **2023-04-26** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-04-26** SA's received
- **2023-05-09** SA's rejected, conference requested, conferees to be named later
- **2023-05-15** HC's named: Conference Committee on Agriculture
- **2023-05-17** Naming of conferees rescinded
- **2023-05-18** HC's named: Conference Committee on Agriculture
- **2023-05-18** Conference granted, SCs named Howard, Paxton, Green, Kidd, Boren
- **2023-05-19** CCR submitted
- **2023-05-19** Remove as coauthor Representative(s) West (Josh)
- **2023-05-19** Coauthored by Representative(s) Kerbs, Archer, Lowe (Dick), Caldwell (Trey), Moore, Burns, Newton, Grego, Patzkowsky
- **2023-05-22** CCR adopted
- **2023-05-22** Remove as coauthor Representative(s) Sims
- **2023-05-22** Coauthored by Representative(s) Dobrinski
- **2023-05-22** Coauthored by Senator(s) Pederson
- **2023-05-22** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 75 Nays: 16 `passage`
- **2023-05-22** To Senate
- **2023-05-22** CCR read
- **2023-05-25** CCR adopted
- **2023-05-25** Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 40 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2023-05-25** Coauthored by Senator Bergstrom
- **2023-05-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-05-26** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2023-05-26** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2023-05-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-26** Approved by Governor 06/07/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0b1346a-6e6e-49e5-8a30-4b718d93e70a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).