---
type: "Bill"
title: "Waters and water rights; Rural Economic Action Plan grant program; monetary cap; effective date."
description: "Waters and water rights; Rural Economic Action Plan grant program; monetary cap; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1438"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1438 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kern", "Patzkowsky"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0766e57f-31b5-4fd2-917e-a6985c6a9c75"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1438&session=2600"
source_hash: "0c7650f0307bcf1fcc6df7d82057db0cd69a68774f129e47a2ae169275278ecb"
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 1438 (2026) — Waters and water rights; Rural Economic Action Plan grant program; monetary cap; effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 INT/hB/HB1438 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB1438 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB1438 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB1438 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB1438 SFLR.PDF)
6. **HB1438 (4-28-25) (KERN) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1438 (4-28-25) (KERN) RT FA1.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1438 CS.PDF)
8. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1438 POLPCS1 KENTON PATZKOWSKY-JBH.PDF)
9. **Sub Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1438 SUBREC.PDF)

## Votes

- Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **31–0** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **91–2** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations And Budget Natural Resources Subcommittee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **9–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kern — primary (person)
- Patzkowsky — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Authored by Representative Boles
- **2025-02-03** Remove Representative Boles as principal House author and substitute with Representative Patzkowsky
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2025-02-10** Referred to Appropriations and Budget `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-03** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-03** Authored by Senator Frix (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-10** General Order
- **2025-03-10** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-11** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-11** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Energy Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Remove as author Senator Frix; authored by Senator Kern
- **2025-04-07** Coauthored by Senator Frix
- **2025-04-10** Reported Do Pass Energy committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-10** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-16** Title stricken
- **2025-04-21** Placed on General Order
- **2025-04-28** Coauthored by Senator Pederson
- **2025-04-29** General Order, Amended
- **2025-04-29** Title restored
- **2025-04-29** Amendment restored bill to engrossed version `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-29** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-04-30** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-04-30** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2025-04-30** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-07** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/07/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0766e57f-31b5-4fd2-917e-a6985c6a9c75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).