---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oklahoma Environmental Quality Code; modifying provisions of the Oklahoma Uniform Environmental Permitting Act. Effective date."
description: "Oklahoma Environmental Quality Code; modifying provisions of the Oklahoma Uniform Environmental Permitting Act. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1246"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1246 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pfeiffer", "Rader"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c14cdba-8b30-4283-af8d-5633f4b4a749"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1246&session=2600"
source_hash: "1aaa9f2c0b8924f19e329237e5d2a3ca703ceeb641bd40ccb4da0a7d85e6ae77"
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 1246 (2026) — Oklahoma Environmental Quality Code; modifying provisions of the Oklahoma Uniform Environmental Permitting Act. 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/SB/SB1246 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1246 PCS.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1246 CA1.PDF)
4. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB1246 CS.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1246 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1246 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1246 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1246 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **81–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- Energy And Natural Resources Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended Cs — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Energy Committee: Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pfeiffer — primary (person)
- Rader — 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 Rader
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Energy `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Coauthored by Representative Boles (principal House author)
- **2026-02-23** Remove as principal author Representative Boles and substitute with Representative Pfeiffer
- **2026-02-26** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Energy committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** Placed on General Order
- **2026-03-10** General Order, Considered
- **2026-03-10** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-11** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-03-11** 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`
- **2026-04-13** CR; Do Pass Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-30** General Order
- **2026-04-30** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 81 Nays: 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-30** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-04-30** 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/8c14cdba-8b30-4283-af8d-5633f4b4a749`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).