---
type: "Bill"
title: "Waters and water rights; creating the Flood and Drought Management Task Force; effective date."
description: "Waters and water rights; creating the Flood and Drought Management Task Force; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 2293"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2293 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jech", "Pfeiffer"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba964901-b4ff-41d8-81c5-b0c012630b2e"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2293&session=2400"
source_hash: "af6e8e37ccddd76ea311878e206e57b80c6c308920d558901e7ec7d56e45336a"
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 2293 (2024) — Waters and water rights; creating the Flood and Drought Management Task Force; 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/2023-24 INT/hB/HB2293 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by MARTINEZ** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB2293 FA1 MARTINEZRY-CC.PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB2293 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB2293 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB2293 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB2293 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB2293 SFLR.PDF)
8. **HB2293 (4-20-23) (JECH) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2293 (4-20-23) (JECH) RT FA1.PDF)
9. **HB2293 FULLPCS1 JOHN PFEIFFER-JBH.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2293 FULLPCS1 JOHN PFEIFFER-JBH.PDF)
10. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2293 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **41–2** (pass) · upper
- Rules Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **90–3** (pass) · lower
- Energy & Telecommunications: Strike The Enacting Clause, Motion By Senator Paxton - Adopted — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **79–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jech — primary (person)
- Pfeiffer — 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 Pfeiffer
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-14** General Order
- **2023-03-14** Authored by Senator Jech (principal Senate author)
- **2023-03-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-14** Title stricken
- **2023-03-14** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 79 Nays: 4 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-20** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-20** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-28** Coauthored by Representative Alonso-Sandoval
- **2023-03-29** 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
- **2023-04-26** General Order, Amended
- **2023-04-26** Title restored
- **2023-04-26** Enacting clause restored
- **2023-04-26** Measure passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-04-27** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-04-27** SA's received
- **2023-05-16** SA's read, adopted
- **2023-05-16** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-05-17** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2023-05-17** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2023-05-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-22** Approved by Governor 05/22/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba964901-b4ff-41d8-81c5-b0c012630b2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).