---
type: "Bill"
title: "Harmful woody species; requiring certain report to be compiled and submitted to the Oklahoma Conservation Commission. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Harmful woody species; requiring certain report to be compiled and submitted to the Oklahoma Conservation Commission. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 940"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 940 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dobrinski", "Jech"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ca23948-d3ae-4e1e-a48f-f6b9574ccc69"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB940&session=2600"
source_hash: "0054567c8308f51134c0eb43515e2567bf92d662e8e89d41e63217b2bf597502"
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 940 (2026) — Harmful woody species; requiring certain report to be compiled and submitted to the Oklahoma Conservation Commission. Effective date. 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/SB940 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB940 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB940 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB940 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB940 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Energy And Natural Resources Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **86–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Agriculture Committee: Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dobrinski — primary (person)
- Jech — 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 Senator Jech
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Agriculture and Wildlife `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** Reported Do Pass Agriculture and Wildlife committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-20** Placed on General Order
- **2025-02-27** Coauthored by Representative Dobrinski (principal House author)
- **2025-03-10** General Order, Considered
- **2025-03-10** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-11** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-03-11** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Energy and Natural Resources Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Referred to Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Policy recommendation to the Energy and Natural Resources Oversight committee; Do Pass Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-16** CR; Do Pass Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-16** Coauthored by Representative(s) Ranson
- **2025-04-28** General Order
- **2025-04-28** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-28** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2025-04-28** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-04-29** Enrolled, to House
- **2025-04-29** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2025-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-06** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/06/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ca23948-d3ae-4e1e-a48f-f6b9574ccc69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).