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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations REVISED Feb 18th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Appropriations

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  • Senate Bill 1355 will require the Oklahoma Military Department to establish a program to provide any
  • eligible person or veteran of the Oklahoma National Guard who served at least six years, died in the
  • So, Senate Bill 1297 proposes to create the Oklahoma decennial census revolving fund.
  • We're doubling the scholarshipping amount while they're in their College of Education.
  • Inabel 1378 Creates the Olympics and Oklahoma revolving funds.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations REVISED Feb 18th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 1355 will require the Oklahoma Military Department to establish a program to provide any
  • eligible person or veteran of the Oklahoma National Guard who served at least six years, died in this
  • So Senate Bill 1297 proposes to create the Oklahoma decennial census revolving fund.
  • And it allows that Heroes team that's been built up by the State Department of Education to continue
  • Senate Bill 1378 creates the Olympics and Oklahoma Revolving Fund.
Summary: The committee met in an appropriations setting and first laid over Senate Bill 1946. It then advanced Senate Bill 1344, creating an insulin access affordability program at the Health Department, on a 19-1 vote. Senate Bill 1295, establishing a Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board revolving fund and database, was amended to delete a section and then passed 21-0. Senate Bill 1355, creating a program for memorials and headstones for eligible National Guard veterans, also passed unanimously. Members then advanced several other measures, including Senate Bill 1998 to help smaller towns qualify for quality events incentives, Senate Bill 1330 raising Pardon and Parole Board salaries, Senate Bill 1297 creating a decennial census revolving fund to support outreach for the 2030 census, and Senate Bill 1189 extending the school security fund for three more years at $50 million annually. The committee also passed Senate Bill 1338 making the Heroes Literacy Instructional Team permanent, and Senate Bill 1546 increasing scholarship support for teacher preparation students. Additional bills passed included Senate Bill 1378 creating the Olympics and Oklahoma Revolving Fund, Senate Bill 1859 creating an OSBI cyber crime and fraud unit fund, Senate Bill 1341 creating a Career Counseling Revolving Fund, Senate Bill 1377 directing DHS to provide bags for foster children’s belongings, and Senate Bill 1990 broadening the Incentive Evaluation Commission’s comparative analysis of incentives. Several bills had appropriations stripped by amendment at the chair’s request before passage, and the committee repeatedly discussed fiscal impacts, local matching expectations, transparency, and whether programs should remain state-funded or rely on local or philanthropic support. The meeting ended with adjournment and notice of a meeting the following week.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education Feb 17th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Education

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  • The Senate Education Committee will come to order. Members, thank you for your patience.
  • In a survey of educators, would you be surprised that that survey was done by the National Education
  • Senator, did you Know that the EdWeek Research Center educator survey found that 10% of educators reported
  • This program provides resources to Oklahoma teachers that are aligned with Oklahoma academic standards
  • Senate Bill 1721 extends the sunset of the Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:30 am

A&B Education Subcommittee

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  • And the current Oklahoma law treats children who are homeschooled, who are educated through alternative
  • Then, there's no need to qualify for Oklahoma Promise.
  • to better themselves by pursuing higher education.
  • But I believe that charter schools are an important part of the educational ecosystem in Oklahoma.
  • When we talk about public education funding, we're saying that public education specifically needs to
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  • We are going to start our postsecondary education meeting.
  • Education and education are the two things that bring people up out of poverty.
  • So 4-H in the state of Oklahoma and OSU are almost operating in...
  • In the state of Oklahoma, OSU and extension are almost operating inside the same entity.
  • because of Oklahoma State University being a land-grant university.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Administrative Rules Apr 7th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Administrative Rules

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  • Jim and I, it's going to be a system that we've created that contains only our constitution, our Oklahoma
  • statutes and our Oklahoma code only.
  • Senate Bill 1459 extends the sunset on the Oklahoma Board of Abstractors. Moved for adoption.
  • It is approving all rules as proposed by the Department of Education, well, and the other education agencies
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Administrative Rules Apr 7th, 2026

Administrative Rules

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  • Members, Senate Bill 1721 extends the sunset on Oklahoma... Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
  • Senate Bill 1721 extends the sunset on the Oklahoma Advisory Council of Indian Education until July 1
  • , and our Oklahoma Code only.
  • Oklahoma Abstractors Board. Move for adoption. You know for questions.
  • and the other education agencies, let me put it that way.
Summary: The committee first advanced Senate Bill 1721, which extends the sunset date for the Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education and requires appointed members to represent a tribe or be involved in tribal education. It then passed Senate Bill 1433, a mirror bill requiring agencies to publicly post guidance documents and state that such documents do not have the force of law. Both bills were adopted without opposition and reported out favorably. The bulk of the meeting focused on Senate Bill 1316, which would create a rotating, eight-year review of administrative rules modeled on Idaho law. Members questioned whether the process would duplicate existing rule review, whether it would be used as a rubber stamp or to remove needed protections, and how AI tools might assist. The sponsor said the goal is to verify statutory authority, identify obsolete or duplicative rules, and use a limited AI system built from Oklahoma constitutional, statutory, and code materials only as a research aid, not a decision-maker. The committee then passed the bill unanimously. The committee also advanced a series of sunset-extension bills for various boards and agencies, including oil and gas tax apportionments, the Board of Governors of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Licensed Interior Designers, the Board of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence, the Construction Industries Board, the Oklahoma Abstractors Board, OETA, the Polygraph Examiners Board, the Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors, and the Advisory Committee on Midwifery. Most passed unanimously, though the Construction Industries Board bill passed 11-1, OETA passed 7-5, and the midwifery bill passed 10-2. The committee also approved H.J.R. 1088, which ratifies education agency rules, by an 11-1 vote. At the end, the chair outlined the committee’s remaining workload and said several bundled rule resolutions and a few major rules would be coming soon, including a large health-agency bundle. Members were asked to return rule assignments quickly so resolutions could be prepared before the end of session. The meeting adjourned after the chair said the next meeting would likely be brief and focused on one or two resolutions.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education 2ND REVISED Apr 14th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Education

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  • Good morning, Senate Education Committee will come to order.
  • It directs KLEA to consult with the Department of Education to develop that curriculum.
  • Would you believe that it's actually the opposite that for sex education or comprehensive health education
  • I've worked on that bill many times to make sex education an opt-in.
  • That is a land speed record for the Senate Education Committee.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education 2ND REVISED Apr 14th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate Education Committee will come to order.
  • Would you believe that it’s actually the opposite, that for sex education or comprehensive health education
  • I’ve worked on that bill many times to make sex education an opt-in.
  • You have to start your eligibility upon entering your higher education institution.
  • You have to start your eligibility upon entering your higher education institution.
Summary: The Senate Education Committee met and first recognized visiting students and staff from Putnam City North and Edmond Public Schools. The committee then took up several House bills, beginning with HB 3312, which would require annual age-appropriate firearm safety instruction in public schools starting in the 2026–2027 school year, with CLEET and the Department of Education developing the curriculum. The bill was advanced on a 9-2 vote after the author described it as a safety measure and cited a personal tragedy involving children and a firearm. The committee also passed HB 3700, requiring colleges and universities to adopt policies ensuring grades are based only on academic performance, and HB 2981, requiring school districts to post school board meeting minutes within two weeks of approval. HB 2961, creating the Tech Sergeant Marshall Dakota Roberts Gold Star Surviving Act to provide tuition, fees, and room and board for spouses and children of Gold Star recipients at state public universities or career tech schools, passed unanimously after discussion of a possible fiscal impact. HB 3016, establishing a two-year pilot vision screening program for about 12 schools to identify convergence insufficiency disorders linked to literacy, also passed. Later, HB 4478 passed to raise the daily deposit threshold for school districts and sites from $100 to $500 while still requiring weekly deposits. HB 4326, a cleanup bill related to Oklahoma’s Promise deadlines, certified teacher definitions, and a contingent T-SET-related provision, passed after debate about its unfinished status and funding concerns. HB 3025 passed with a change excluding donations from general fund collections for carryover balance purposes for one year, and HB 3710 passed to make a new higher education program cohort-based, requiring students to begin eligibility as freshmen. The chair closed by noting the committee had moved quickly, and announced upcoming executive nominee meetings and another committee meeting the following week.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Feb 18th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

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  • Today I have with me a a fine young man graduated from Duran, Oklahoma, which means he's from God's country
  • This is the future of Oklahoma.
  • We have the North South Gallery Chapter from Cherokee, Oklahoma, my home county.
  • It does not because I talked to the CEO Service Oklahoma ahead of this meeting to make sure about that
  • Clerk, will you read the first nomination, Daniel Lafortune of the Oklahoma Tax Commission, to fill an
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Feb 18th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is the future of Oklahoma, and I'll tell you what, it looks bright when you have young men like
  • We have in the South Gallery a chapter from Cherokee, Oklahoma, my home county.
  • But now in Oklahoma, you only have to buy one plate.
  • Article 5, Section 24 of the Oklahoma Constitution. Clerk will note. Mr. Leader. Mr.
  • Daniel LaFortune to the Oklahoma Tax Commission to fill an unexpired term. Senator Hall, Mr.
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer, and handled several floor introductions, including recognition of an intern, visiting FFA members, and later a Sand Springs state championship football team and Murray County visitors. The chamber also laid over Senate Bill 2067 and adopted a unanimous-consent request to bring HCR 1006 directly to calendar. HCR 1006, which calls on Congress to propose a constitutional amendment giving states more control over campaign and ballot-initiative money, passed by voice vote. Senate Bill 1226, expanding hit-and-run scene-retention requirements to include property damage, passed 47-0. Senate Bill 1239, dealing with transportation-related statutory cleanup and extending a sunset date for structurally deficient bridge funding from 2026 to 2031, was amended twice, advanced, and passed 44-2, then was approved as an emergency measure. Senate Bill 1309, adjusting the amount that may be reserved from the Roads Fund for debt service, advanced and passed 46-0 as an emergency measure. Later, Senate Bill 2132, increasing a justice surcharge on credit-card point-of-sale transactions from 2% to 3%, passed 28-17; Senator Hall recorded a personal-interest abstention. The Senate then confirmed Daniel LaFortune to the Oklahoma Tax Commission by a 44-1 roll call vote. The body concluded by moving to adjourn until Thursday, February 19, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. when the clerk’s desk is clear.
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  • I invite all of Oklahoma to pray, Lord.
  • presence here in Oklahoma.
  • This is leadership, this is community, and this is Oklahoma at its best.
  • She currently resides in House District 51 in Toto, Oklahoma, with her husband.
  • On average, 1,065 traumatic brain injury deaths occur annually in Oklahoma.
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  • I invite all of Oklahoma to pray.
  • Lord, standing in rough waters or even in a strong wind here in Oklahoma requires resolve.
  • presence here in Oklahoma.
  • She currently resides in House District 51 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with her husband.
  • He is FCLA and class president and Oklahoma Hall of Fame Teen Board.
Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including Veteran of the Week Aaron Hudkins, Psychologist of the Day Dr. Emily Corley, Doctor of the Day Dr. Jason Reagan, and a proclamation recognizing Brain Injury Awareness Month. Members also honored the Edmond Santa Fe Palm Squad and Ava Garrett for assembling and funding 100 overnight bags for children entering foster care in memory of fallen Oklahoma service member Serena Butcher. On legislation, the House considered and passed House Bill 3522, a transparency measure requiring alcoholic beverage licensees to report disciplinary actions annually, and House Bill 4300, a Department of Human Services request bill aligning child-care worker assessment language with federal requirements. Both bills advanced without debate; HB 3522 passed by recorded vote and HB 4300 passed 94-0. The chamber also recognized 17 Pages of the Week and heard multiple announcements, including caucus and birthday notices, a planned Jeans Day request tied to Bob Wills Day, and the introduction of Oklahoma Task Force One members and a search dog. The House then adjourned until Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at 9:30 a.m.
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  • We got light on some things and it works with their grow your own educator program.
  • Would it surprise you to know that I have, in fact, polled education teachers...
  • As a thing that has helped them in their programs to become educators in their education programs.
  • So, I think there's a very clear statement to educators and education students across the state that
  • And I just want to say this is my last education committee meeting after two fun years.
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  • will go ahead and call the meeting for what I think is our final meeting of the A&B Subcommittee on Education
  • I want to make sure Oklahoma kids have the best opportunity for the most well-rounded education. ...kids
  • have the best opportunity for the most well-rounded education.
  • I don't know why we can't offer the same to our kids in Oklahoma.
  • But yes, that's my commitment, and I stick by it. ...same to our kids in Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education Oversight Mar 2nd, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Education Oversight

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  • advancing quality in educator preparation.
  • Families are getting smaller in Oklahoma, immigration is down, and we are producing more educators through
  • educators to retain a truly qualified Oklahoma education force.
  • Do we or do we not have a constitutional obligation to educate Oklahoma children?
  • Do you want to see that happen again in Oklahoma?
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education Oversight Mar 2nd, 2026

Education Oversight

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  • Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation.
  • I'm not on the education committees.
  • for the Department of Education.
  • educators to retain a truly qualified Oklahoma education force.
  • Do we or do we not have a constitutional obligation to educate Oklahoma children?
Summary: The Education Oversight committee heard and advanced several bills, with most receiving due pass recommendations by voice vote. HB 4359, by Speaker Pro Tem Moore, would move the annual testing window to the last three weeks of the school year; members asked about district scheduling and possible cost impacts, but the bill passed 10-0. HB 4363 updated outdated statutory references tied to OSU’s early development and also passed unanimously. HB 3467 would extend school-teacher maternity leave protections to include adoption of newborn children, and it passed without opposition. HB 2987 would change how academic standards are handled if the legislature takes no action within 30 legislative days, deeming them disapproved rather than approved; supporters said it preserves legislative oversight, while concerns were raised about leaving outdated standards in place, but it passed. HB 376, as amended, would create a new alternative teacher certification pathway through third-party certifiers; debate centered on whether easier pathways would weaken traditional teacher-prep programs or help fill vacancies, and it passed after extended discussion. The committee also advanced HB 4427, which adds guardrails to the adjunct teacher program by limiting adjuncts in core subjects in grades K-4 and requiring them to work toward certification. HB 3026 would let children of U.S. military allies stationed in Oklahoma start kindergarten according to their home-country timelines, and it passed. HB 3288 would restore physical education emphasis in schools, and HB 3315 would direct a feasibility study on 90-hour bachelor’s degree programs; both moved forward. HB 3711 would require schools to post the percentage of spending devoted to instructional expenditures on their websites and bond applications, with the sponsor declining to extend the same requirement to private schools receiving public tax-credit dollars. HB 3885 drew the most debate. It would establish suspension and expulsion standards for students who physically attack teachers or school employees, with supporters arguing it gives administrators clearer authority to protect staff and students and opponents warning it could conflict with existing protections for students with disabilities and create legal risk. The sponsor said the bill is intended to address intentional violence and allow case-by-case judgment, while critics cited prior civil-rights concerns over disproportionate discipline. Despite the objections, the bill passed on a due pass recommendation. The committee adjourned after announcing it would meet again Wednesday at 9 a.m.
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  • mandate but it does provide local school leaders the discretion to best meet the needs of their educators
  • Do that does have educational purpose, but I do want to point out.
  • Or performance taken as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, educational, political, or scientific
  • Explicit literary, artistic, or educational value. Is that correct? That is correct.
  • That many students would not be affected, but we don't want to get their kids behind in their education
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee Apr 6th, 2026 at 10:30 am

A&B Education Subcommittee

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  • Education a bit. Let me see if I can do a little better for you, sir.
  • I can talk about it maybe from the non-education side a little bit more, and assuming there's some.
  • Senate Bill 1204 allows for three days of paid bereavement leave for our educators and support personnel
  • Can we apply this to the Oklahoma House of Representatives sessions as well?