Nuclear energy; Oklahoma Nuclear Energy Feasibility Study Act of 2025; Corporation Commission; emergency.

Added Senate sponsor Burns to the bill authorship line

Changed document header from 'House Committee Substitute' to 'Floor (House)' version

Reordered page numbering and formatting for floor version presentation

Changed bill title from 'Proposed Policy Committee Substitute' to 'Committee Substitute'

Updated requirement numbers from 12540 to 12972 throughout the document

Added authorization for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to conduct a notice of inquiry and use stakeholder information to reduce study costs

Added emergency declaration clause allowing the bill to take effect immediately upon passage and approval

Extended the timeline for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to engage a consulting firm from 30 days to 90 days after the act's passage.

Added exemptions from the state procurement process for hiring the consulting firm to ensure timely study completion.

Required the feasibility study to evaluate military base resiliency, small modular reactors, and microreactor capabilities.

Added new requirement for the study to include policy recommendations to accelerate nuclear energy adoption and improve cost-effectiveness.

Added guidelines for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to follow if they cannot hire a consulting firm within the allocated budget.

Changed the engagement language from 'engage' to 'start the process to engage' to clarify the timeline begins with initiating the hiring process.

Reduced the time for the Corporation Commission to engage a consulting firm from 90 days to 30 days after the act is approved.

Added requirement that the consulting firm must have at least 90% of its existing U.S. nuclear operators as customers within the past 10 years.

Added requirement that the consulting firm must have had nuclear licensing as 50% or more of its business revenue for the past 20 years.

Added requirement that the consulting firm be staffed with a licensed attorney experienced in submitting and obtaining regulatory permissions for new reactor designs.

Added requirement that at least 40% of the consulting firm's assets be owned by one or more military veterans with nuclear operating experience.

Changed the requirement for the consulting firm to be 'well-established in the nuclear energy industry' to the more specific criteria listed above.

Extended the timeline for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to engage a consulting firm from 30 days to 90 days after the act's passage and approval.

Added requirement that the consulting firm must be well-established in the nuclear industry and exempt from state procurement processes for this engagement.

Expanded the feasibility study requirements to include more detailed considerations of design characteristics, environmental impacts, land and siting criteria, and socioeconomic assessments.

Added provision for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to use stakeholder information and notice of inquiry to reduce costs if the full budgeted amount cannot be utilized.

Changed the bill header from 'Introduced' to 'Engrossed' and updated page numbering and formatting throughout the document.