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SB1009 • 2026

Water and water rights; defining term. Effective date.

Water and water rights; defining term. Effective date.

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Sponsor
Bullard
Last action
2026-02-09
Official status
Coauthored by Senator Burns
Effective date
Not listed

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Water and water rights; defining term. Effective date.

Water and water rights; defining term.

What This Bill Does

  • Water and water rights; defining term.
  • Effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1009 (Senate): Introduced (1/24/2025)

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-09 Senate

    Coauthored by Senator Burns

  2. 2025-02-04 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Energy

  3. 2025-02-03 Senate

    First Reading

  4. 2025-02-03 Senate

    Authored by Senator Bullard

  5. 2025-02-03 Senate

    Coauthored by Representative Humphrey (principal House author)

Official Summary Text

Water and water rights; defining term. Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1009 (Senate): Introduced (1/24/2025)

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

SENATE BILL 1009 By: Bullard

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to water and water rights; defining
term; construing provision; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1702 of Title 82, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A “basin integrity study” means a scientific study to determine
sustainable instream flow regimes tailored for certain basins in
certain seasons in this state. Results of such studies shall meet
the demand of consumptive and nonconsumptive uses including, but not
limited to, sustainable growth, water quality, tourism, and
economic, agricultural, environmental, industrial, and municipal
development. A basin integrity study shall not be construed as a
means to revoke private water rights or interfere with senior water
permitting.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

60-1-115 RD 1/16/2025 2:22:04 PM