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Bill Water and water rights; establishing procedures for permitting, monitoring, and reporting of groundwater use. Effective date. Water and water rights; establishing procedures for permitting, monitoring, and reporting of groundwater use. Effective date. us/states/ok Oklahoma Legislature 2026 SB 259 Oklahoma SB 259 (2026)
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Oklahoma SB 259 (2026) — Water and water rights; establishing procedures for permitting, monitoring, and reporting of groundwater use. 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/SB259 INT.PDF)
  2. 1 Floor Amendment by NEWTON (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB259 FA1 NEWTONCA-JBH.PDF)
  3. 2 Floor Amendment by NEWTON (UNTIMELY FILED) (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB259 FA2 NEWTONCA-JBH(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
  4. Amended And Engrossed (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/SB259 HASB AND ENGR.PDF)
  5. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB259 PCS.PDF)
  6. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB259 CS.PDF)
  7. Engrossed (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB259 ENGR.PDF)
  8. Enrolled (final version) (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB259 ENR.PDF)
  9. Floor (House) (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB259 HFLR.PDF)
  10. Floor (Senate) (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB259 SFLR.PDF)
  11. House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB259 HCS.PDF)
  12. Policy Committee Recommendation (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB259 POLREC.PDF)
  13. Proposed Policy Committee Amendment 1 (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB259 POLAMD1 NICK ARCHER-JBH.PDF)
  14. SB259 (3-23-26) (HOWARD) RT FA1.PDF (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB259 (3-23-26) (HOWARD) RT FA1.PDF)

Votes

  • Third Reading — 881 (pass) · lower
  • Advance — 348 (pass) · upper
  • Do Pass Amended Cs — 71 (pass) · upper
  • Energy Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Energy And Natural Resources Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — 86 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 3610 (pass) · upper
  • Fourth Reading — 3810 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Howard — primary (person)
  • Newton — 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 Howard
  • 2025-02-04 Second Reading referred to Energy Committee then to Appropriations Committee reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-02-24 Coauthored by Representative Newton (principal House author)
  • 2026-03-05 Withdrawn from Appropriations committee
  • 2026-03-05 Referred to Energy referral-committee
  • 2026-03-05 Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Energy committee; CR filed committee-passage
  • 2026-03-05 Title stricken
  • 2026-03-10 Placed on General Order
  • 2026-03-25 General Order, Amended
  • 2026-03-25 Title restored
  • 2026-03-25 Advanced to Third Reading
  • 2026-03-25 Ayes: 34 Nays: 8
  • 2026-03-25 Measure passed: Ayes: 36 Nays: 11 passage
  • 2026-03-25 Referred for engrossment
  • 2026-03-26 Engrossed to House passage
  • 2026-03-26 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 Agriculture referral-committee
  • 2026-04-06 Withdrawn from Agriculture Committee
  • 2026-04-06 Referred to Energy referral-committee
  • 2026-04-08 Policy recommendation to the Energy and Natural Resources Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Energy committee-passage
  • 2026-04-08 Coauthored by Senator(s) Burns
  • 2026-04-14 CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee committee-passage
  • 2026-05-06 General Order
  • 2026-05-06 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2026-05-06 Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 1 passage, reading-3
  • 2026-05-06 Referred for engrossment
  • 2026-05-07 Engrossed, signed, to Senate passage
  • 2026-05-14 HAs read
  • 2026-05-14 Coauthored by Representative Boles
  • 2026-05-14 HAs adopted
  • 2026-05-14 Measure passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 10 passage
  • 2026-05-14 Referred for enrollment
  • 2026-05-14 Enrolled, to House
  • 2026-05-14 Signed, returned to Senate
  • 2026-05-14 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-29 Approved by Governor 05/20/2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5af18c62-8d73-4494-a1ae-3232001baeb0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).