republic-os/legislation/us/states/ok/2023/hb-1965.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Easements; defining terms; providing for use of certain easements for broadband services; effective date.	Easements; defining terms; providing for use of certain easements for broadband services; effective date.	us/states/ok	Oklahoma Legislature	2023	HB 1965	Oklahoma HB 1965 (2023)	bill		enacted	Howard Newton	9	25	0	2023-02-06	2023-05-11	openstates	ocd-bill/8e20f3c5-5163-4981-821f-2d5fab506610	http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1965&session=2300	be586eadfb9aa54eb5cd40e0bcd55748bb8d9e4729b62de346d5529e9829d0c7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ok

Oklahoma HB 1965 (2023) — Easements; defining terms; providing for use of certain easements for broadband services; effective date.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 INT/hB/HB1965 INT.PDF)
2. Amended And Engrossed (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1965 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. Committee Amendment 1 (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1965 CA1.PDF)
4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB1965 ENGR.PDF)
5. Enrolled (final version) (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB1965 ENR.PDF)
6. Floor (House) (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB1965 HFLR.PDF)
7. Floor (Senate) (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB1965 SFLR.PDF)
8. HB1965 FULLPCS1 CARL NEWTON-JBH.PDF (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1965 FULLPCS1 CARL NEWTON-JBH.PDF)
9. House Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1965 CS.PDF)

Sponsors

• Howard — primary (person)
• Newton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-06 First Reading introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-06 Authored by Representative Newton
• 2023-02-07 Second Reading referred to Utilities reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-02-23 CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Utilities Committee committee-passage
• 2023-02-23 Coauthored by Representative(s) Fetgatter
• 2023-02-23 Authored by Senator Howard (principal Senate author)
• 2023-03-06 General Order
• 2023-03-06 Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 96 Nays: 0 passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-06 Referred for engrossment
• 2023-03-07 Engrossed, signed, to Senate passage
• 2023-03-07 First Reading introduction, reading-1
• 2023-03-23 Second Reading referred to Energy and Telecommunications reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-04-13 Reported Do Pass as amended Energy and Telecommunications committee; CR filed committee-passage
• 2023-04-18 General Order, Considered
• 2023-04-18 Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 passage
• 2023-04-18 Referred for engrossment
• 2023-04-19 Engrossed to House passage
• 2023-04-19 SA's received
• 2023-05-09 SA's read, adopted
• 2023-05-09 Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 0 passage
• 2023-05-09 Referred for enrollment
• 2023-05-10 Enrolled, signed, to Senate
• 2023-05-10 Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
• 2023-05-10 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-11 Approved by Governor 05/11/2023 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8e20f3c5-5163-4981-821f-2d5fab506610. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).