---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water and water rights; requiring all permit holders within petitioned area to participate in groundwater irrigation district. Effective date."
description: "Water and water rights; requiring all permit holders within petitioned area to participate in groundwater irrigation district. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 1914"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1914 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murdock", "Newton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8b2fe28-a264-49dc-b97f-fc87c0b2aced"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1914&session=2400"
source_hash: "6ed17e5b30af4fd4acfadcc1851a7a3d60f08860e8fd7c72cc2a50efaae0ea05"
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 SB 1914 (2024) — Water and water rights; requiring all permit holders within petitioned area to participate in groundwater irrigation district. 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/SB/SB1914 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB1914 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB1914 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB1914 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB1914 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–35** (pass) · lower
- Energy & Telecommunications — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **38–4** (pass) · upper
- Agriculture Committee: Do Pass — **10–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Murdock — primary (person)
- Newton — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-02-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** Authored by Senator Murdock
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading referred to Energy and Telecommunications `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Coauthored by Representative Newton (principal House author)
- **2024-02-22** Reported Do Pass Energy and Telecommunications committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-12** General Order, Considered
- **2024-03-12** Measure passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 4 `passage`
- **2024-03-12** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-13** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2024-03-13** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-25** Second Reading referred to Agriculture `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-10** CR; Do Pass Agriculture Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-18** General Order
- **2024-04-18** Coauthored by Representative(s) Waldron
- **2024-04-18** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 53 Nays: 35 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-18** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-18** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-04-22** Enrolled, to House
- **2024-04-22** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-26** Approved by Governor 04/26/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8b2fe28-a264-49dc-b97f-fc87c0b2aced`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).