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+type: "Bill"
+title: "School district boards of education; modifying exception to certain prohibition on certain relationships between board members and school district employees. Effective date. Emergency."
+description: "School district boards of education; modifying exception to certain prohibition on certain relationships between board members and school district employees. Effective date. Emergency."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
+legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 843"
+citation: "Oklahoma SB 843 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dobrinski", "Murdock"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2025-02-03"
+last_action: "2026-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a7a5c5b-d723-4fa7-8696-fa396b59b033"
+source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB843&session=2600"
+source_hash: "ce01f71d780f948ade9d713807729ec97deeac5f6287f71950fcd3827a9802f2"
+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 SB 843 (2026) — School district boards of education; modifying exception to certain prohibition on certain relationships between board members and school district employees. 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/SB/SB843 INT.PDF)
+2. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB843 CA1.PDF)
+3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB843 ENGR.PDF)
+4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB843 ENR.PDF)
+5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB843 HFLR.PDF)
+6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB843 SFLR.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **77–4** (pass) · lower
+- Common Education Committee: Do Pass — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- Education — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Education Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dobrinski — primary (person)
+- Murdock — 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 Senator Murdock
+- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-17** Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-19** Placed on General Order
+- **2026-03-02** Coauthored by Representative Newton (principal House author)
+- **2026-03-25** General Order, Considered
+- **2026-03-25** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
+- **2026-03-25** Referred for engrossment
+- **2026-03-26** Engrossed to House `passage`
+- **2026-03-26** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Education Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-30** Referred to Common Education `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-31** Remove Representative Newton as principal House author and substitute with Representative Dobrinski
+- **2026-04-06** Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Common Education `committee-passage`
+- **2026-04-06** Coauthored by Representative(s) Newton
+- **2026-04-13** CR; Do Pass Education Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
+- **2026-04-28** General Order
+- **2026-04-28** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 77 Nays: 4 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-04-28** Signed, returned to Senate
+- **2026-04-28** Referred for enrollment
+- **2026-04-28** Enrolled, to House
+- **2026-04-28** Signed, returned to Senate
+- **2026-04-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-04** Approved by Governor 04/30/2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a7a5c5b-d723-4fa7-8696-fa396b59b033`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).
+