---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers; providing criteria for issuance of certain teaching certificates; providing application process; providing for promulgation of rules. Effective date."
description: "Teachers; providing criteria for issuance of certain teaching certificates; providing application process; providing for promulgation of rules. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 980"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 980 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker", "Griffin"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c206b8e0-dc6a-4c2e-997f-45eabeb542a6"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB980&session=1800"
source_hash: "cd9b1e8ef18314ec4b247c0899e5394b56b80519f32e95f88f3f5f86c2220d32"
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 980 (2017-2018) — Teachers; providing criteria for issuance of certain teaching certificates; providing application process; providing for promulgation of rules. Effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 INT/SB/SB980 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB980 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB980 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB980 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB980 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB980 SFLR.PDF)
7. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB980 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **57–30** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **41–1** (pass) · upper
- FOURTH READING — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)
- Griffin — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Authored by Senator Griffin
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-26** Emergency removed
- **2018-03-06** Coauthored by Representative Baker (principal House author)
- **2018-03-14** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2018-03-14** Measure passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-14** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-03-15** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2018-03-15** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-21** Second Reading referred to Common Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-16** CR; Do Pass, as amended, Common Education Committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-16** Title stricken
- **2018-04-16** Enacting clause stricken
- **2018-04-25** General Order
- **2018-04-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-25** Title restored
- **2018-04-25** Enacting clause restored
- **2018-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 57 Nays: 30 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-04-26** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2018-04-26** HAs read
- **2018-04-30** HAs adopted
- **2018-04-30** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-30** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-04-30** Enrolled, to House
- **2018-05-01** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2018-05-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-07** Approved by Governor 05/07/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c206b8e0-dc6a-4c2e-997f-45eabeb542a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).