---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water preservation; creating the Terry Peach North Canadian Watershed Restoration Act; defining terms; creating certain pilot program; repealer; emergency."
description: "Water preservation; creating the Terry Peach North Canadian Watershed Restoration Act; defining terms; creating certain pilot program; repealer; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2239"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2239 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dobrinski", "Jech"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 55
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7aff0e3e-f9a4-4833-8475-a1335a90215b"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2239&session=2300"
source_hash: "366d1ad1c9a6f14e9789ec3b20c26f01c40f4de3642f6bb2253bbc928b83cc68"
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 2239 (2023) — Water preservation; creating the Terry Peach North Canadian Watershed Restoration Act; defining terms; creating certain pilot program; repealer; 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/HB2239 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB2239 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB2239 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB2239 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB2239 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB2239 SFLR.PDF)
7. **HB2239 FULLPCS1 MIKE DOBRINSKI-JBH.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2239 FULLPCS1 MIKE DOBRINSKI-JBH.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2239 CS.PDF)
9. **Sub Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2239 SUBREC.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Dobrinski — primary (person)
- Jech — 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 Dobrinski
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Energy and Natural Resources `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Withdrawn from Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- **2023-02-20** Referred to Appropriations and Budget `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06** Coauthored by Representative(s) Archer, Alonso-Sandoval, Talley
- **2023-03-06** Authored by Senator Jech (principal Senate author)
- **2023-03-02** Title stricken
- **2023-03-02** Emergency added
- **2023-03-09** General Order
- **2023-03-09** Coauthored by Representative(s) Moore, Bashore, Roberts
- **2023-03-09** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-13** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-13** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Energy and Telecommunications Committee then to Appropriations Committee `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** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Reported Do Pass Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-12** Coauthored by Senator Stephens
- **2023-04-17** Coauthored by Senator Murdock
- **2023-04-18** General Order, Considered
- **2023-04-18** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-04-18** Coauthored by Senator Pederson
- **2023-04-19** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-04-19** SA's received
- **2023-05-08** SA's rejected, conference requested, conferees to be named later
- **2023-05-15** HC's named: GCCA
- **2023-05-17** Naming of conferees rescinded
- **2023-05-18** HC's named: GCCA
- **2023-05-18** Conference granted, GCCA
- **2023-05-25** Withdrawn from GCCA - granting conference
- **2023-05-25** SCs named Jech, Rader, Howard, Daniels, Stewart, Montgomery, Kirt
- **2023-05-25** CCR submitted
- **2023-05-25** Coauthored by Representative(s) Patzkowsky
- **2023-05-25** Title restored
- **2023-05-25** Enacting clause restored
- **2023-05-25** Coauthored by Senator(s) Bullard
- **2023-05-26** CCR adopted
- **2023-05-26** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-26** To Senate
- **2023-05-26** CCR read
- **2023-05-26** CCR adopted
- **2023-05-26** Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Coauthored by Representative Sims
- **2023-05-26** 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 06/09/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7aff0e3e-f9a4-4833-8475-a1335a90215b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).