---
type: "Bill"
title: "Waters and water rights; definition; provisional temporary permit; reversion of water; report by permit holders; administrative orders; permits; emergency."
description: "Waters and water rights; definition; provisional temporary permit; reversion of water; report by permit holders; administrative orders; permits; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 2197"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2197 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowe (Dick)", "Paxton"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 50
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2024-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48185d9f-5b59-408c-a1b3-e4f557ca0e75"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2197&session=2400"
source_hash: "d9a069b4e0ad51b45a7d0e9a89162b0a1300fcb660a79dbd75cf4fe60cf88045"
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 2197 (2024) — Waters and water rights; definition; provisional temporary permit; reversion of water; report by permit holders; administrative orders; permits; 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/HB2197 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by CALDWELL** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB2197 FA1 CALDWELLTR-CC.PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB2197 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB2197 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB2197 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB2197 SFLR.PDF)
7. **HB2197 FULLPCS1 DICK LOWE-JBH.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2197 FULLPCS1 DICK LOWE-JBH.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2197 CS.PDF)
9. **House Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCCS/HB2197 CCS.PDF)

## Votes

- Agriculture Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **35–7** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **78–14** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **86–2** (pass) · lower
- Energy & Telecommunications — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Fourth Reading — **85–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lowe (Dick) — primary (person)
- Paxton — 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 Lowe (Dick)
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2024-02-07** Referred to Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Agriculture Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-04** General Order
- **2024-03-04** Authored by Senator Paxton (principal Senate author)
- **2024-03-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-04** Title stricken
- **2024-03-04** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 78 Nays: 14 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-05** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-19** Second Reading referred to Energy and Telecommunications `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28** Reported Do Pass as amended Energy and Telecommunications committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-28** Enacting clause stricken
- **2024-04-15** General Order, Considered
- **2024-04-15** Measure passed: Ayes: 35 Nays: 7 `passage`
- **2024-04-15** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-04-16** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2024-04-16** SA's received
- **2024-05-01** SA's rejected, conference requested, conferees to be named later
- **2024-05-09** Conference granted, SCs named Paxton, Green, Bullard, Newhouse, Rader, Boren
- **2024-05-20** HC's named: Conference Committee on Agriculture
- **2024-05-22** CCR submitted
- **2024-05-22** Title restored
- **2024-05-22** Enacting clause restored
- **2024-05-22** Emergency added
- **2024-05-23** House Rule suspended
- **2024-05-23** CCR adopted
- **2024-05-23** Coauthored by Representative(s) Boles
- **2024-05-23** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2024-05-23** To Senate
- **2024-05-23** CCR read
- **2024-05-29** CCR rejected, further conference requested
- **2024-05-29** SCs changed Boren, Bullard, Green, Newhouse, Paxton, Rader to Paxton, McCortney, Daniels, Dossett
- **2024-05-29** Further conference granted, same conferees
- **2024-05-29** 2 CCR submitted
- **2024-05-30** 2 CCR adopted
- **2024-05-30** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2024-05-30** To Senate
- **2024-05-30** 2 CCR read
- **2024-05-30** 2 CCR adopted
- **2024-05-30** Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2024-05-30** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2024-05-30** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-30** Approved by Governor 05/31/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48185d9f-5b59-408c-a1b3-e4f557ca0e75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).