Easements; the Oklahoma Uniform Easement Relocation Act of 2025; easement relocation; court orders; effective date.
HB 1060, the Oklahoma Uniform Easement Relocation Act of 2025, establishes rules for property owners (servient estate owners) to seek court-approved relocation of certain easements burdening their land. It allows relocation only if the new location does not materially lessen the easement's utility, increase burden on the holder, impair the easement's purpose, or compromise safety. The law explicitly excludes public-utility easements, conservation easements, negative easements, and relocations by mutual agreement. It applies to easements created by express grant, reservation, or other methods but requires court approval to ensure the relocation meets strict fairness standards.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Signed May 15, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from the House version to the Senate version, with some minor reorganization of the definitions section. The substantive policy content, scope, and requirements remain unchanged.
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Header and page numbering were updated to reflect Senate floor version formatting
Definitions section was reorganized with slightly different line breaks and numbering formatting, but the actual legal definitions remain identical
Floor votes · Senate May 7, 2025 · House Mar 11, 2025
How they voted
46–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 49
May 7, 2025
D
Democratic9
100% Yea
R
Republican40
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
7
Committee
6
May 7, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
lower
May 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed measure signed, returned to House
upper
May 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Civil Judiciary
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Civil Judiciary
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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