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Oklahoma · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1813: Waters and water rights; authorizing the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to enter into memorandums of understanding or contracts with certain entities; effective date.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1813 is a bill introduced in the Oklahoma House on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Waters and water rights; authorizing the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to enter into memorandums of understanding or contracts with certain entities; effective date. Primary sponsor: Carl Newton (Republican), Darcy Jech (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 26, 2025): Authored by Senator Jech (principal Senate author).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Carl NewtonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Darcy JechPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate26

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Authored by Senator Jech (principal Senate author)
  2. CR; Do Pass Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee
  3. Policy recommendation to the Energy and Natural Resources Oversight committee; Do Pass Energy
  4. Referred to Energy
  5. Second Reading referred to Energy and Natural Resources Oversight
  6. Authored by Representative Newton
  7. First Reading

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source