Groundwater use; increasing cap of certain fund related to commercial drilling and plugging. Effective date.
SB 1314 increases the maximum balance of the Well Drillers and Pump Installers Remedial Action Indemnity Fund from $50,000 to $100,000 and raises the allowable expenditure per well or borehole from $10,000 to $25,000. This bill directly affects commercial well drillers and pump installers in Oklahoma, who pay annual fees that fund the account. The increased limits allow the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to cover more extensive remedial actions needed to protect groundwater from non-compliant or abandoned wells. The fund remains dedicated solely to groundwater protection, with no changes to licensing requirements or enforcement procedures.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Feb 2, 2026
Signed May 11, 2026
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The bill was reformatted from the House version to the Senate floor version, which includes a new date and slightly different header styling. The substantive legal text regarding groundwater licensing, fees, and the indemnity fund remains identical in content, though the line breaks and spacing have been adjusted to match Senate formatting standards.
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The document header was updated to reflect the Senate Floor Version with a specific date of February 5, 2026, replacing the House version header.
Line breaks and spacing within the body text were adjusted to conform to Senate drafting conventions, but no words were added, removed, or altered in meaning.
Page footers and running headers were updated to indicate the Senate Floor Version instead of the House Floor Version.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 25, 2026 · House May 4, 2026
How they voted
48–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 50
Feb 25, 2026
D
Democratic9
100% Yea
R
Republican41
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
7
Committee
7
May 11, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 05/07/2026
upper
May 4, 2026
Committee
Referred for enrollment
upper
May 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 2
lower
Apr 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee
lower
Apr 1, 2026
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Energy and Natural Resources Oversight committee; Do Pass Energy
lower
Mar 30, 2026
Committee
Referred to Energy
lower
Feb 26, 2026
Introduced
First Reading
lower
Feb 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Feb 25, 2026
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Feb 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0
upper
Feb 5, 2026
Committee
Referred to Appropriations
upper
Feb 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Energy committee; CR filed
upper
Feb 2, 2026
Introduced
First Reading
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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