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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Charter schools; sponsorship; adding county to certain sponsor; effective date; emergency."
+description: "Charter schools; sponsorship; adding county to certain sponsor; effective date; emergency."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
+legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 1940"
+citation: "Oklahoma HB 1940 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Stanley", "Sterling"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2025-02-03"
+last_action: "2025-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d4d0688-676d-4141-9b05-bdf07d0c4d74"
+source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1940&session=2600"
+source_hash: "71bce627acc71b42f703adbaceadbcb75356b9b31202ebcee3bbbb8c53a3ffdb"
+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 1940 (2026) — Charter schools; sponsorship; adding county to certain sponsor; effective date; emergency.
+
+## 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/HB1940 INT.PDF)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB1940 ENGR.PDF)
+3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB1940 ENR.PDF)
+4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB1940 HFLR.PDF)
+5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB1940 SFLR.PDF)
+6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1940 CS.PDF)
+7. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1940 POLREC.PDF)
+8. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1940 POLPCS1 DANNY STERLING-AQH.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Education — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+- Common Education Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+- Advance — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **85–1** (pass) · lower
+- Education Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Stanley — primary (person)
+- Sterling — 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 Sterling
+- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-11** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
+- **2025-02-11** Referred to Education Oversight `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-11** Referred to Common Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-24** Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Common Education `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-24** Authored by Senator Stanley (principal Senate author)
+- **2025-02-24** Emergency added
+- **2025-02-26** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-12** General Order
+- **2025-03-12** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 1 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-12** Referred for engrossment
+- **2025-03-13** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
+- **2025-03-13** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-08** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
+- **2025-04-10** Placed on General Order
+- **2025-05-01** General Order, Considered
+- **2025-05-01** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
+- **2025-05-01** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
+- **2025-05-01** Referred for enrollment
+- **2025-05-05** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
+- **2025-05-05** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
+- **2025-05-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-12** Approved by Governor 05/09/2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d4d0688-676d-4141-9b05-bdf07d0c4d74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).
+