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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Schools; requiring statewide assessments to be held in the last four weeks of each school year; effective date; emergency."
+description: "Schools; requiring statewide assessments to be held in the last four weeks of each school year; effective date; emergency."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
+legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 4359"
+citation: "Oklahoma HB 4359 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Moore", "Seifried"]
+version_count: 11
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2026-02-02"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bb95658-0d29-4847-bd82-9bb3af27c6f4"
+source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB4359&session=2600"
+source_hash: "b63193f962f8de02a8dc36ba4e2422c7052f5fd42a54b4bb7175bc61833a698a"
+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 4359 (2026) — Schools; requiring statewide assessments to be held in the last four weeks of each school year; 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/HB4359 INT.PDF)
+2. **1 Floor Amendment by MOORE (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB4359 FA1 MOOREAN-SW(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
+3. **2 Floor Amendment by MOORE (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB4359 FA2 MOOREAN-SW(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
+4. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/HB4359 SAHB AND ENGR.PDF)
+5. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB4359 CA1.PDF)
+6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB4359 ENGR.PDF)
+7. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB4359 ENR.PDF)
+8. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB4359 HFLR.PDF)
+9. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB4359 SFLR.PDF)
+10. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB4359 CS.PDF)
+11. **Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB4359 FULLPCS1 DELL KERBS-SW.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Education Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- Fourth Reading — **70–17** (pass) · lower
+- Education — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- Common Education Committee: Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **40–3** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **83–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Moore — primary (person)
+- Seifried — 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 Moore
+- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-04** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
+- **2026-02-04** Referred to Education Oversight `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-04** Referred to Common Education `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-10** Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Common Education `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-10** Coauthored by Representative(s) Archer, Caldwell (Chad)
+- **2026-02-10** Authored by Senator Seifried (principal Senate author)
+- **2026-03-03** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-25** General Order
+- **2026-03-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-03-25** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 10 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-25** Referred for engrossment
+- **2026-03-30** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
+- **2026-03-30** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2026-04-01** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-07** Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
+- **2026-04-09** Placed on General Order
+- **2026-04-29** General Order, Considered
+- **2026-04-29** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 3 `passage`
+- **2026-04-29** Referred for engrossment
+- **2026-04-30** Engrossed to House `passage`
+- **2026-04-30** SA's received
+- **2026-05-05** SA's read, adopted
+- **2026-05-05** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 70 Nays: 17 `passage`
+- **2026-05-05** Referred for enrollment
+- **2026-05-06** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
+- **2026-05-06** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
+- **2026-05-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by Governor 05/12/2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bb95658-0d29-4847-bd82-9bb3af27c6f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).
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