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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rural water districts; removing certain limitations prohibiting the organizing of a district; emergency."
description: "Rural water districts; removing certain limitations prohibiting the organizing of a district; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4316"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 4316 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Kendrix"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b001eff-32f5-45d5-b929-2d90bf6b0c7a"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB4316&session=2600"
source_hash: "48fd7fe48e5e692622dc6767c281b087bc8716b277af9106855a7c02148bb5ab"
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 HB 4316 (2026) — Rural water districts; removing certain limitations prohibiting the organizing of a district; 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/hB/HB4316 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB4316 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB4316 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB4316 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB4316 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB4316 CS.PDF)
7. **Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB4316 FULLPCS1 GERRID KENDRIX-JBH.PDF)
## Votes
- Do Pass — **80** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **836** (pass) · lower
- Energy Committee: Do Pass — **110** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **471** (pass) · upper
- Energy And Natural Resources Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **140** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Howard — primary (person)
- Kendrix — 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 Representative Kendrix
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Energy and Natural Resources Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Energy `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Policy recommendation to the Energy and Natural Resources Oversight committee; Do Pass Energy `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-11** Coauthored by Representative(s) Luttrell
- **2026-02-11** Authored by Senator Howard (principal Senate author)
- **2026-02-25** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09** General Order
- **2026-03-09** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 6 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-10** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-10** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-24** Coauthored by Representative Timmons
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading referred to Energy `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-23** Reported Do Pass Energy committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-28** Placed on General Order
- **2026-05-04** General Order, Considered
- **2026-05-04** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 47 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2026-05-04** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2026-05-04** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-05-05** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2026-05-05** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2026-05-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** Approved by Governor 05/11/2026 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b001eff-32f5-45d5-b929-2d90bf6b0c7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).