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2024 Regular Session · House bill

HB 1940

Waters and water rights; requiring Board to make certain rule adjustments on permitting fees; allowing certain fees to be the same; effective date.

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Passed Senate committee Last action April 13, 2023: Title stricken

Same number in other sessions: 2026 · 2025 (bills from 2025 carry over into 2026 within the 60th Legislature).

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Authors & coauthors 2

Principal authors from Open States; coauthors read from “Coauthored by …” actions (removals applied).

Status

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee (origin chamber)
  3. Passed committee (origin chamber)
  4. Passed origin chamber
  5. In committee (second chamber)
  6. Passed committee (second chamber)
  7. Passed both chambers
  8. Sent to Governor
  9. Enacted / adopted

Committee referrals 2

ReferredChamberCommitteeOutcome
Feb. 7, 2023HouseRulesPassed Feb. 14, 2023
March 30, 2023SenateEnergy and TelecommunicationsPassed April 13, 2023

Roll-call votes 3

Feb. 14, 2023HouseRules Committee: Do PassPassed9–0

yes (9) Bashore, Fugate, Hill, Martinez, McDugle, Osburn, Pfeiffer, Turner, West

Official vote record: oklegislature.gov

March 21, 2023HouseThird ReadingPassed96–0 5 excused

yes (96) Alonso Sandoval, Archer, Bashore, Bennett, Blancett, Boatman, Boles, Burns, Caldwell, Caldwell, Cantrell, Conley, Cornwell, Crosswhite Hader, Culver, Davis, Deck, Dempsey, Dobrinski, Dollens, Duel, Echols, Fetgatter, Ford, Fugate, Gann, George, Goodwin, Grego, Hardin, Hasenbeck, Hays, Hefner, Hilbert, Hill, Humphrey, Johns, Kane, Kendrix, Kerbs, Lawson, Lepak, Lowe, Lowe, Luttrell, Manger, Marti, Martinez, May, Maynard, McBride, McDugle, McEntire, Menz, Moore, Mr. Speaker, Munson, Newton, Nichols, ODonnell, Olsen, Osburn, Pae, Patzkowsky, Pfeiffer, Pittman, Provenzano, Randleman, Ranson, Roberts, Roe, Rosecrants, Schreiber, Sims, Smith, Sneed, Staires, Stark, Steagall, Sterling, Stinson, Strom, Swope, Talley, Tedford, Townley, Turner, Vancuren, Waldron, West, West, West, West, Williams, Wolfley, Worthen

excused (5) Baker, Banning, Kannady, Miller, Wallace

Official vote record: oklegislature.gov

April 13, 2023SenateEnergy & Telecommunications: Strike The Title, Motion By Senator Paxton - AdoptedPassed10–0

yes (10) Dossett, Green, Howard, Jett, Kidd, McCortney, Newhouse, Paxton, Rader, Woods

Official vote record: oklegislature.gov

Official text & documents

2 committee reports and other documents

Official bill page: https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1940&session=2400

Timeline 13 actions

  1. Feb. 6, 2023HouseFirst Reading
  2. Feb. 6, 2023HouseAuthored by Representative McCall
  3. Feb. 7, 2023HouseSecond Reading referred to Rules
  4. Feb. 14, 2023HouseCR; Do Pass Rules Committee
  5. March 21, 2023HouseGeneral Order
  6. March 21, 2023HouseAuthored by Senator McCortney (principal Senate author)
  7. March 21, 2023HouseThird Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 96 Nays: 0
  8. March 21, 2023HouseReferred for engrossment
  9. March 22, 2023HouseEngrossed, signed, to Senate
  10. March 22, 2023SenateFirst Reading
  11. March 30, 2023SenateSecond Reading referred to Energy and Telecommunications
  12. April 13, 2023SenateReported Do Pass as amended Energy and Telecommunications committee; CR filed
  13. April 13, 2023SenateTitle stricken

Momentum: 41 of 100

Stage (Passed committee (second chamber))31 / 50
Recency (414 days before May 31, 2024)0 / 20
Committee progress10 / 10
Coauthors0 / 10
Bipartisan sponsorship0 / 10

How this is calculated

  1. Stage reached — up to 50. 50 × (stage − 1) ÷ 8, where the stages are 1 Introduced · 2 In committee · 3 Passed committee · 4 Passed its first chamber · 5 In committee in the second chamber · 6 Passed that committee · 7 Passed both chambers · 8 Sent to the Governor · 9 Enacted / adopted.
  2. Recency — up to 20. 20 if the last recorded action was within 14 days of the reference date, falling in a straight line to 0 at 90 days. The reference date is the earlier of the data date (Oct. 1, 2026) and the session's last scheduled day, so a finished session is scored as it stood when it ended.
  3. Committee progress — up to 10. 5 for each chamber in which a committee reported the bill favourably.
  4. Coauthors — up to 10. 1 per coauthor (max 7), plus 3 if its authors and coauthors include members of both chambers.
  5. Bipartisan sponsorship — 10. 10 if the authors and coauthors include at least one Republican and one Democrat.

Rules on top: an enacted bill (signed, law without signature, or veto overridden) or an adopted resolution scores 100. A vetoed bill without an override, or one whose last committee vote failed, has its score halved.

Disclaimer. The momentum score is an automated, rough indicator built only from the public record (stage, dates, authors and committee reports). It is not a prediction, does not measure merit or support, and can be wrong when an action is mis-recorded or an author is mis-matched. Coauthors are read from the action text (“Coauthored by …”). Always check the official record on oklegislature.gov.

Bill data: Open States bulk data (public domain dedication; attribution appreciated), monthly dump of Oct. 1, 2026. Official record: oklegislature.gov.

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