---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public utilities; cost of transmission upgrades; modifying application process for construction of certain facilities; establishing cost recovery provisions."
description: "Public utilities; cost of transmission upgrades; modifying application process for construction of certain facilities; establishing cost recovery provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 998"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 998 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell (Trey)", "Green"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c9c88ce-fb72-42f6-a9d0-ef497ddf5371"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB998&session=2600"
source_hash: "734e317a9ebff94966ffa7b09a7291b0b6ed8d78a22162e7719127afc90bfbba"
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 998 (2026) — Public utilities; cost of transmission upgrades; modifying application process for construction of certain facilities; establishing cost recovery provisions.

## 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/SB998 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB998 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB998 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB998 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB998 SFLR.PDF)
6. **SB998 (3-24-25) (GREEN) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB998 (3-24-25) (GREEN) FS FA1.PDF)

## Votes

- Energy And Natural Resources Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **11–3** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **51–39** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **26–20** (pass) · upper
- Emergency — **48–36** (pass) · lower
- Utilities Committee: Do Pass — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **8–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Caldwell (Trey) — primary (person)
- Green — 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 Gollihare
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Energy `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Reported Do Pass Energy committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-11** Placed on General Order
- **2025-03-13** Remove as author Senator Gollihare; authored by Senator Green
- **2025-03-13** Coauthored by Senator Gollihare
- **2025-03-25** Coauthored by Representative Caldwell (Trey) (principal House author)
- **2025-03-27** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2025-03-27** Measure passed: Ayes: 26 Nays: 20 `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Emergency passed: Ayes: 33 Nays: 13
- **2025-03-27** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-31** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-03-31** 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 Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Policy recommendation to the Energy and Natural Resources Oversight committee; Do Pass Utilities `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-16** CR; Do Pass Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-06** General Order
- **2025-05-06** Third Reading, Measure passed and Emergency failed: Ayes: 51 Nays: 39; Ayes: 48 Nays: 36 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2025-05-06** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-07** Enrolled, to House
- **2025-05-07** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2025-05-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-14** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/14/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c9c88ce-fb72-42f6-a9d0-ef497ddf5371`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).