Waters and water rights; creating the Waters and Water Rights Modernization Act of 2025; effective date.

This bill establishes the Waters and Water Rights Modernization Act of 2025, which serves as a formal framework for future water management legislation in Oklahoma. The act does not create new water policies or regulations itself, but rather sets up a legal structure that will be used for modernizing water rights laws in subsequent legislation. It becomes effective on November 1, 2025, and is not added to the official Oklahoma Statutes. The bill was introduced by Representative Hilbert and is currently in early stages of the legislative process.