HB 3469 Oklahoma House · 2026 Regular Session

Oil and gas; authorizing operators to make certain election; requiring operators to post surety by certain date; emergency.

HB 3469 changes Oklahoma's oil and gas industry financial surety requirements. It phases out Category A surety (a $50,000 net worth financial statement) for new operators starting November 2025, requiring them instead to use Category B surety (like cash, bonds, or letters of credit). Current operators with Category A can keep it but may switch to Category B, with amounts increasing based on well count over 2026-2028 (e.g., 1-10 wells start at $25,000 in 2026, rising to $50,000 by 2028). The bill also allows operators with lower plugging costs to use reduced Category B amounts (via affidavit) and mandates Category B for operators with fines, compliance issues, or pollution violations.

Issues: ✗ Energy ✓ Environment

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 2, 2026 Last action Apr 28, 2026

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What changed between versions

Floor (House) → Floor (Senate) · 6 edits

MODERATE

The bill text was updated to reflect its progression from the House to the Senate floor, including changes to the header, sponsor list, and effective dates. The core policy regarding oil and gas surety requirements remains substantively unchanged, though minor formatting adjustments were made to the committee amendment markers.

Scope change

None; the bill's scope and applicability to oil and gas operators remain the same.

TECHNICAL

Updated the document header and page footers to change the title from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' and adjusted the sponsor list to include additional House members.

Changed the legislative session date from '2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)' to 'April 23, 2026'.

Replaced the 'AS INTRODUCED' label with a full summary of the Act's purpose in the Senate version.

Adjusted the formatting of the amendment section numbers and the header text indicating bold face denotes committee amendments.

Minor text adjustments in the surety phase-in schedule, such as changing 'for one to ten wells' to 'for one to ten wells' and reformatting the list indentation.

The final sentence regarding higher surety amounts was truncated in the provided Senate version, cutting off the list of covered activities.

Floor votes · House Mar 9, 2026

How they voted

89–2

Passed · 9 other

Total votes 100

Mar 9, 2026

D Democratic18

17 Yea 1

94% Yea

R Republican82

72 Yea 2 Nay 8

87% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 23, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass Energy committee; CR filed

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Introduced

First Reading

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

Engrossed, signed, to Senate

lower

Mar 9, 2026

Committee

Referred for engrossment

lower

Mar 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 2

lower

Feb 25, 2026

Lower · Passed

CR; Do Pass Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee

lower

Feb 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

Policy recommendation to the Energy and Natural Resources Oversight committee; Do Pass Energy

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Committee

Referred to Energy

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Introduced

First Reading

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors