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SB1929 • 2026

Public utilities; requiring certain payment. Effective date.

Public utilities; requiring certain payment. Effective date.

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Sponsor
Murdock
Last action
2026-03-05
Official status
Coauthored by Representative Archer (principal House author)
Effective date
Not listed

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Public utilities; requiring certain payment. Effective date.

Public utilities; requiring certain payment.

What This Bill Does

  • Public utilities; requiring certain payment.
  • Effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1929 (Senate): Introduced (1/22/2026)

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-05 Senate

    Coauthored by Representative Archer (principal House author)

  2. 2026-03-03 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  3. 2026-02-26 Senate

    Reported Do Pass as amended Energy committee; CR filed

  4. 2026-02-26 Senate

    Title stricken

  5. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Energy

  6. 2026-02-02 Senate

    First Reading

  7. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Authored by Senator Murdock

Official Summary Text

Public utilities; requiring certain payment. Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1929 (Senate): Introduced (1/22/2026)

Current Bill Text

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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 26, 2026
AS AMENDED

SENATE BILL NO. 1929 By: Murdock

[ public utilities - payment - codification -
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 180.14 of Title 17, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. For purposes of this section:
1. “Electric transmission line” means a high-voltage
transmission line with a rating greater than three hundred (300)
kilovolts; and
2. “Transmission owner” means any person, firm, corporation, or
entity that develops, owns, operates, controls, manages, or
maintains an electric transmission line within this state and is
licensed to do business in this state.
B. A transmission owner shall pay an amount of Two Dollars
($2.00) per linear foot per year of a transmission line that passes
over a landowner’s property.

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SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON ENERGY
February 26, 2026 - DO PASS AS AMENDED