SB 1007 Oklahoma Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Conservation District Act; modifying definitions. Effective date.

SB 1007 updates definitions in Oklahoma's Conservation District Act to modernize statutory language. It clarifies terms like "conservation district," "soil scientist" (requiring specific education and two years of experience), and "due notice" for public hearings. The bill directly affects conservation districts, state agencies, and local officials managing natural resources. It does not create new programs or funding but ensures consistent application of existing conservation practices. The changes take effect November 1, 2025.

Issues: ✓ Environment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Feb 20, 2025

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Introduced → Floor (Senate) · 2 edits

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The bill was amended during Senate floor consideration to add formatting headers, page numbers, and committee report information. The substantive legislative text regarding definitions in the Conservation District Act remained unchanged, with no modifications to policy, funding, eligibility, or effective dates.

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Added Senate floor version headers, page numbers, and committee report information that were not present in the original introduced version.

Removed original formatting elements including requirement numbers and page references from the introduced version.

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Committee

Feb 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass Agriculture and Wildlife committee; CR filed

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Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors