Oklahoma 2025 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB1375 Compare Versions

Version 1 (Old)

Version 2 (New)

Old	New		Differences
1	1
2	2
3		-	ENGR. H. B. NO. 1375 Page 1 1
	3	+	HB1375 HFLR Page 1
	4	+	BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. 1
4	5		2
5	6		3
6	7		4
7	8		5
8	9		6
9	10		7
10	11		8
11	12		9
12	13		10
13	14		11
14	15		12
15	16		13
16	17		14
17	18		15
18	19		16
19	20		17
20	21		18
21	22		19
22	23		20
23	24		21
24	25		22
25	26		23
26	27		24
27	28
28		-	ENGROSSED HOUSE
29		-	BILL NO. 1375 By: Boles, Dollens and Luttrell
30		-	of the House
	29	+	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
	30	+
	31	+	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
	32	+
	33	+	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
	34	+
	35	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
	36	+	FOR
	37	+	HOUSE BILL NO. 1375 By: Boles and Dollens of the
	38	+	House
31	39
32	40		and
33	41
34	42		Burns of the Senate
35	43
36	44
37	45
38	46
	47	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
39	48
40		-
41		-
42		-	[ nuclear energy - Oklahoma Nuclear Energy
43		-	Feasibility Study Act of 2025 - Oklahoma
44		-	Corporation Commission - consulting firm –
45		-	technical and legal feasibility study - report -
46		-	compensation - guidelines - noncodification -
47		-	codification –
48		-	emergency ]
49		-
	49	+	An Act relating to nuclear energy; enacting the
	50	+	Oklahoma Nuclear Energy Feasibility Study Act of
	51	+	2025; providing timeline for the Oklahoma Corporation
	52	+	Commission to engage an outside consulting firm to
	53	+	provide the service of conducting a technical and
	54	+	legal feasibility study on promoting nuclear energy
	55	+	generation; providing required requisites for the
	56	+	consulting firm; providing scope of the feasibility
	57	+	study; requiring cooperation by certain groups by
	58	+	providing information re levant to the feasibility
	59	+	study; providing timeline for delivery of the report
	60	+	on the feasibility study; providing that report shall
	61	+	be delivered to certain parties; providing that the
	62	+	Oklahoma Corporation Commission shall be authorized
	63	+	to retain, negotiate with, and expend a certain
	64	+	amount necessary to provide compensation to the
	65	+	consulting firm; providing guidelines for the
	66	+	Oklahoma Corporation Commission if they cannot retain
	67	+	a consulting firm for the allocated amount; providing
	68	+	for noncodification; prov iding for codification; and
	69	+	declaring an emergency.
50	70
51	71
52	72
53	73
54	74
55	75		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
56		-	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
57		-	codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
58		-	This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma
59		-	Nuclear Energy Feasibility Study Act of 2025".
60	76
61		-	ENGR. H. B. NO. 1375 Page 2 1
	77	+	HB1375 HFLR Page 2
	78	+	BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. 1
62	79		2
63	80		3
64	81		4
65	82		5
66	83		6
67	84		7
68	85		8
69	86		9
70	87		10
71	88		11
72	89		12
73	90		13
74	91		14
75	92		15
76	93		16
77	94		17
78	95		18
79	96		19
80	97		20
81	98		21
82	99		22
83	100		23
84	101		24
85	102
	103	+	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
	104	+	codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
	105	+	This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma
	106	+	Nuclear Energy Feasibility Study Act of 2025".
86	107		SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
87	108		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 803.1 of Title 17, unless there
88	109		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as foll ows:
89	110		A. Within ninety (90) days after the passage and approval of
90	111		this act, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission shall start the
91	112		process to engage an outside consulting firm to provide the service
92	113		of conducting a technical and legal feasibility study on pr omoting
93	114		nuclear energy generation in this state. This engagement shall be
94	115		exempt from the state procurement process and shall follow the
95	116		Corporation Commission's process to retain expert witnesses on
96	117		behalf of the Commission to ensure the ability to timel y conduct the
97	118		study and complete the requirements of this section.
98	119		B. The consulting firm shall be well -established in the nuclear
99	120		energy industry.
100	121		C. The feasibility study shall consider the following:
101	122		1. The advantages and disadvantages of nuclear ene rgy
102	123		generation in this state, including, but not limited to, the
103	124		economic and environmental impact;
104		-	2. Ways to maximize the use of workers who reside in this state
105		-	and products made in this state in the construction of nuclear
106		-	energy generation facilities;
107		-	3. Evaluations, conclusions, and recommendations on the
108		-	following:
109	125
110		-	ENGR. H. B. NO. 1375 Page 3 1
	126	+	HB1375 HFLR Page 3
	127	+	BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. 1
111	128		2
112	129		3
113	130		4
114	131		5
115	132		6
116	133		7
117	134		8
118	135		9
119	136		10
120	137		11
121	138		12
122	139		13
123	140		14
124	141		15
125	142		16
126	143		17
127	144		18
128	145		19
129	146		20
130	147		21
131	148		22
132	149		23
133	150		24
134	151
	152	+	2. Ways to maximize the use of workers who reside in this state
	153	+	and products made in this state in the construction of nuclear
	154	+	energy generation facilities ;
	155	+	3. Evaluations, conclusions, and recommendations on the
	156	+	following:
135	157		a. design characteristics and evaluation, including
136	158		specific recommendations of optimal designs based on
137	159		site characteristics and possible industrial uses,
138	160		b. environmental and ecologica l impacts,
139	161		c. land and siting criteria, including specific areas
140	162		that are best suited for new nuclear energy generation
141	163		based on the land and siting criteria, as well as
142	164		cities near military bases that may use nuclear
143	165		electric generation to meet the milita ry resiliency
144	166		requirements of 10 U.S.C., Section 2920,
145	167		d. safety criteria,
146	168		e. engineering and cost -related criteria, and
147	169		f. small modular nuclear reactor and microreactor
148	170		capability;
149	171		4. Socioeconomic assessment and impact analysis, including, but
150	172		not limited to, the following:
151	173		a. workforce education, training, and development,
152	174		b. local and state tax base,
153	175		c. supply chains, and
154		-	d. permanent and temporary job creation;
155		-	5. The timeline for development, including areas of potential
156		-	acceleration or efficiencies and leveraging existing facilities
157		-	within this state;
158	176
159		-	ENGR. H. B. NO. 1375 Page 4 1
	177	+	HB1375 HFLR Page 4
	178	+	BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. 1
160	179		2
161	180		3
162	181		4
163	182		5
164	183		6
165	184		7
166	185		8
167	186		9
168	187		10
169	188		11
170	189		12
171	190		13
172	191		14
173	192		15
174	193		16
175	194		17
176	195		18
177	196		19
178	197		20
179	198		21
180	199		22
181	200		23
182	201		24
183	202
	203	+	d. permanent and temporary job creation;
	204	+	5. The timeline for development, including areas of p otential
	205	+	acceleration or efficiencie s and leveraging existing facilities
	206	+	within this state;
184	207		6. Literature review of studies that have assessed the
185	208		potential impact of nuclear energy generation; and
186	209		7. Assessment and recommendation of current and future policies
187	210		that may be needed to suppor t or accelerate the adoption of nuclear
188	211		energy generation or may improve its cost -effectiveness, including a
189	212		survey of federal programs and other methods that could financially
190	213		assist a nuclear project in the state.
191	214		D. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission, state public utilities,
192	215		cooperatives, and municipally owned utilities shall cooperate in
193	216		providing information relevant to the feasibility study, as needed,
194	217		subject to notifications to stakeholders and reasonable safeguards
195	218		to protect confidential informa tion from being made public.
196	219		E. Not later than nine (9) months after the effective date of
197	220		this act, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission shall deliver a
198	221		written report on the feasibility study to the Governor, and the
199	222		President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate and the Speaker
200	223		of the Oklahoma House of Representatives who shall forward the
201	224		report to the appropriate committees.
202		-	SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
203		-	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 803.2 of Title 17, unless there
204		-	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
205		-	The Oklahoma Corporation Commission shall be authorized to
206		-	retain, negotiate with, and ex pend an amount not to exceed Three
207		-	Hundred Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($375,000.00) or so much
208	225
209		-	ENGR. H. B. NO. 1375 Page 5 1
	226	+	HB1375 HFLR Page 5
	227	+	BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. 1
210	228		2
211	229		3
212	230		4
213	231		5
214	232		6
215	233		7
216	234		8
217	235		9
218	236		10
219	237		11
220	238		12
221	239		13
222	240		14
223	241		15
224	242		16
225	243		17
226	244		18
227	245		19
228	246		20
229	247		21
230	248		22
231	249		23
232	250		24
233	251
	252	+	SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
	253	+	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 803.2 of T itle 17, unless there
	254	+	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
	255	+	The Oklahoma Corporation Commission shall be authorized to
	256	+	retain, negotiate with, and expend an amount not to exceed Three
	257	+	Hundred Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($375,000.00) o r so much
234	258		thereof as may be necessary to provide compensation to the
235	259		consulting firm as required by this act.
236	260		In the event the Oklahoma Corporation Commission is unable to
237	261		hire a consulting firm to complete the feasibility study for the
238	262		budgeted amount allowed in this section, the Oklahoma Corporation
239	263		Commission is authorized to conduct a notice of inquiry and utilize
240	264		the information received from the stakeholders in conjunction with
241	265		the consulting firm to reduce the cost of gathering information for
242	266		the purpose of the study and report.
243	267		SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
244	268		of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
245	269		declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
246	270		be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
247		-	Passed the House of Representatives the 4th day of March, 2025.
	271	+
	272	+	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
	273	+	OVERSIGHT, dated 02/26/2025 – DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.
248	274
249	275
250		-
251		-
252		-	Presiding Officer of the House
253		-	of Representatives
254		-
255		-
256		-
257		-	Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2025.
258		-
259		-
260		-
261		-
262		-	Presiding Officer of the Senate