---
type: "Bill"
title: "Roads and bridges; structures in right-of-way; clarifying authority to maintain right-of-way; exception for companies engaged in certain activities. Effective date"
description: "Roads and bridges; structures in right-of-way; clarifying authority to maintain right-of-way; exception for companies engaged in certain activities. Effective date"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 724"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 724 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cantrell", "Stewart"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fa06863-14ba-46b4-9e76-7aac92a741bc"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB724&session=2400"
source_hash: "1f13b8956594aabda8530351343dd9708bad500a6c1ba7b3574d8be0ebc748d8"
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 724 (2024) — Roads and bridges; structures in right-of-way; clarifying authority to maintain right-of-way; exception for companies engaged in certain activities. 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/SB724 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB724 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB724 PCS.PDF)
4. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB724 CS.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB724 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB724 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB724 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB724 SFLR.PDF)
9. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB724 HCS.PDF)
10. **SB724 FULLAMD1 JOSH CANTRELL-MJ.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB724 FULLAMD1 JOSH CANTRELL-MJ.PDF)
11. **SB724 FULLAMD2 JOSH CANTRELL-MJ.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB724 FULLAMD2 JOSH CANTRELL-MJ.PDF)

## Votes

- Transportation Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **85–2** (pass) · lower
- Committee On Aeronautics & Transportation: Committee Substitute, Motion By Senator Haste - Adopted (Request No: 1933) — **8–4** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **41–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cantrell — primary (person)
- Stewart — 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 Senator Stewart
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Aeronautics and Transportation `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Aeronautics and Transportation committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Title stricken
- **2023-03-08** Coauthored by Representative Cantrell (principal House author)
- **2023-03-20** General Order, Considered
- **2023-03-20** Measure passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-21** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-03-21** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Transportation `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Transportation Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05** Title restored
- **2023-04-27** General Order
- **2023-04-27** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-05-01** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-01** HAs read
- **2023-05-24** HAs adopted
- **2023-05-24** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-05-24** Enrolled, to House
- **2023-05-24** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-05-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-06** Approved by Governor 06/06/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fa06863-14ba-46b4-9e76-7aac92a741bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).