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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Professions and occupations; construction skilled trade education; modifying contract terms; effective date."
+description: "Professions and occupations; construction skilled trade education; modifying contract terms; effective date."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
+legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 1256"
+citation: "Oklahoma HB 1256 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Strom", "Thompson (Kristen)"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2025-02-03"
+last_action: "2025-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87402b60-010b-4f75-985b-2614fddc3348"
+source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1256&session=2600"
+source_hash: "d147bd2fea4610930c525a12d3b423a9df2e561bc06607a5161a4dff15120eb7"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ok"]
+---
+
+# Oklahoma HB 1256 (2026) — Professions and occupations; construction skilled trade education; modifying contract terms; effective date.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 INT/hB/HB1256 INT.PDF)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB1256 ENGR.PDF)
+3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB1256 ENR.PDF)
+4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB1256 HFLR.PDF)
+5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB1256 SFLR.PDF)
+6. **HB1256 (4-17-25) (THOMPSON) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1256 (4-17-25) (THOMPSON) RT FA1.PDF)
+7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1256 CS.PDF)
+8. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1256 POLREC.PDF)
+9. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1256 POLPCS1 JUDD STROM-TKR.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **37–6** (pass) · upper
+- Trade Education; Modifying Contract Terms; — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **90–4** (pass) · lower
+- Business Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- Commerce And Economic Development Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **14–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Strom — primary (person)
+- Thompson (Kristen) — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-02-03** Authored by Representative Strom
+- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-05** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
+- **2025-02-05** Referred to Commerce and Economic Development Oversight `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-05** Referred to Business `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-12** Policy recommendation to the Commerce and Economic Development Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-26** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-03** General Order
+- **2025-03-03** Authored by Senator Thompson (principal Senate author)
+- **2025-03-03** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 4 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-03** Referred for engrossment
+- **2025-03-04** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
+- **2025-03-04** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-15** Reported Do Pass as amended Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
+- **2025-04-15** Title stricken
+- **2025-04-17** Placed on General Order
+- **2025-04-28** General Order, Amended
+- **2025-04-28** Title restored
+- **2025-04-28** Amendment restored bill to engrossed version `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-04-28** Measure passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 6 `passage`
+- **2025-04-28** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
+- **2025-04-28** Referred for enrollment
+- **2025-04-29** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
+- **2025-04-29** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
+- **2025-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-06** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/06/2025 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87402b60-010b-4f75-985b-2614fddc3348`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).
+