---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water Resources Board; making an appropriation; identifying source; amount; purpose; emergency."
description: "Water Resources Board; making an appropriation; identifying source; amount; purpose; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 2888"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2888 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thompson (Roger)", "Wallace"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17c5b961-f03c-4fde-89d4-b46a51d6b729"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2888&session=2400"
source_hash: "6f41ca4199f043137654f9060948e6bb9e53401b28ef05965a272287af4c78cf"
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 2888 (2024) — Water Resources Board; making an appropriation; identifying source; amount; purpose; 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/HB2888 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB2888 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB2888 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB2888 HFLR.PDF)
5. **HB2888 FULLPCS1 KEVIN WALLACE-JM.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2888 FULLPCS1 KEVIN WALLACE-JM.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2888 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **43–4** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **83–1** (pass) · lower
- Joint Committee On Appropriations And Budget: Committee Substitute, Motion By Senator Thompson (R) - Adopted (Request No: 8348) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- Joint Committee On Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **33–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thompson (Roger) — primary (person)
- Wallace — 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 Wallace, Martinez
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Senator Thompson (Roger) (principal Senate author)
- **2023-02-06** Coauthored by Senator(s) Hall
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** JCR; Do pass, amended by committee substitute Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-09** Emergency added
- **2023-05-10** General Order
- **2023-05-10** JCR adopted
- **2023-05-10** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-10** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-05-10** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-10** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-11** Direct to Calendar
- **2023-05-15** JCR adopted
- **2023-05-15** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 4 `passage`
- **2023-05-15** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2023-05-15** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-05-15** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2023-05-15** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2023-05-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Approved by Governor 05/17/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17c5b961-f03c-4fde-89d4-b46a51d6b729`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).