---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oil and gas; authorizing certain operators to make voluntary election. Emergency."
description: "Oil and gas; authorizing certain operators to make voluntary election. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1976"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1976 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boles", "Green"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83267672-1534-4492-a5d6-51575a2b96ad"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1976&session=2600"
source_hash: "c42ed77617d5c896b8768bc7067d9639bc22fdfd626a0235dea40b7eada0cf52"
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 1976 (2026) — Oil and gas; authorizing certain operators to make voluntary election. Emergency.

## 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/SB/SB1976 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1976 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1976 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1976 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1976 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- Energy And Natural Resources Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Energy Committee: Do Pass — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boles — primary (person)
- Green — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** Authored by Senator Green
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Energy `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Reported Do Pass Energy committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** Placed on General Order
- **2026-03-03** Coauthored by Representative Boles (principal House author)
- **2026-03-16** General Order, Considered
- **2026-03-16** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-17** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-03-17** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Energy and Natural Resources Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Referred to Energy `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-01** Policy recommendation to the Energy and Natural Resources Oversight committee; Do Pass Energy `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-15** CR; Do Pass Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-29** General Order
- **2026-04-29** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-29** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-04-29** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-04-30** Enrolled, to House
- **2026-04-30** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-04-30** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-06** Approved by Governor 05/06/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83267672-1534-4492-a5d6-51575a2b96ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).