Commercial solar facilities; creating the Commercial Solar Facility Decommissioning Act; defining terms; effective date.
HB 1373, now law in Oklahoma, requires solar farm operators (called "grantees") to fully remove all equipment and restore land to its original condition when a commercial solar facility stops operating. It directly affects landowners leasing property for solar farms and the operators who build and run them. Key provisions mandate operators to provide financial assurance (like bonds or letters of credit) covering cleanup costs and to remove solar panels, foundations, buried cables, and roads, then refill excavations and restore soil and vegetation to pre-construction conditions within 180 days of decommissioning. The law also voids any agreement clauses that exempt operators from these cleanup responsibilities.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Signed May 5, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from the House version to the Senate version, with minor text adjustments and renumbering of sections. The substantive policy content regarding commercial solar facility decommissioning requirements remains unchanged.
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Header information changed from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' with updated date and page numbering.
Bill sponsor attribution changed from 'Boles of the House' to 'Boles and Crosswhite Hader of the House'.
Section numbering adjusted from SECTION 1 to SECTION 2 in the House version, indicating the bill was amended during committee review.
Minor formatting changes including indentation adjustments and removal of some line breaks in the act description.
Footnote markers and page headers changed from 'HB1373 HFLR' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB1373 SFLR'.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 28, 2025 · House Mar 3, 2025
How they voted
45–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 49
Apr 28, 2025
D
Democratic9
88% Yea
R
Republican40
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
8
Committee
6
May 5, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 05/03/2025
lower
Apr 28, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
lower
Apr 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed measure signed, returned to House
upper
Apr 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0
upper
Apr 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Energy committee; CR filed
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 3, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 94 Nays: 0
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Energy and Natural Resources Oversight committee; Do Pass Energy
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Energy
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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