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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Higher education; requiring policy ensuring student grades are evaluated solely on an academic basis; directing the State Regents to withhold state-appropriated funds for failure to adopt a policy; effective date; emergency."
+description: "Higher education; requiring policy ensuring student grades are evaluated solely on an academic basis; directing the State Regents to withhold state-appropriated funds for failure to adopt a policy; effective date; emergency."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
+legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 3700"
+citation: "Oklahoma HB 3700 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell (Chad)", "Daniels"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2026-02-02"
+last_action: "2026-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dd54d14-49d3-4c22-ae18-f2f35336f851"
+source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3700&session=2600"
+source_hash: "21294f66ab0ebccebe824cfdd4e932800b0767196ee5632c86c8382806bd6e66"
+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 3700 (2026) — Higher education; requiring policy ensuring student grades are evaluated solely on an academic basis; directing the State Regents to withhold state-appropriated funds for failure to adopt a policy; 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/HB3700 INT.PDF)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB3700 ENGR.PDF)
+3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB3700 ENR.PDF)
+4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB3700 HFLR.PDF)
+5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB3700 SFLR.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **80–13** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **38–7** (pass) · upper
+- Education — **9–2** (pass) · upper
+- Postsecondary Education Committee: Do Pass — **6–2** (pass) · lower
+- Education Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **8–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Caldwell (Chad) — primary (person)
+- Daniels — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-02** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2026-02-02** Authored by Representative Caldwell (Chad)
+- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Education Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-03** Referred to Postsecondary Education `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-10** Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Postsecondary Education `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-10** Authored by Senator Daniels (principal Senate author)
+- **2026-02-26** CR; Do Pass Education Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-10** General Order
+- **2026-03-10** Coauthored by Representative(s) Staires
+- **2026-03-10** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 13 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-10** Referred for engrossment
+- **2026-03-11** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
+- **2026-03-11** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2026-04-01** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-14** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
+- **2026-04-16** Placed on General Order
+- **2026-04-21** Coauthored by Representative Wolfley
+- **2026-04-29** Coauthored by Senator Bullard
+- **2026-04-29** General Order, Considered
+- **2026-04-29** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 7 `passage`
+- **2026-04-29** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
+- **2026-04-29** Referred for enrollment
+- **2026-04-30** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
+- **2026-04-30** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
+- **2026-04-30** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-06** Approved by Governor 05/05/2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6dd54d14-49d3-4c22-ae18-f2f35336f851`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).
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