---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; updating statewide alternative education system and modifying alternative education funding calculation; effective date; emergency."
description: "Schools; updating statewide alternative education system and modifying alternative education funding calculation; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 2520"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2520 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pemberton", "West (Tammy)"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66a5001e-31f8-4878-9311-a587e64a4754"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2520&session=2000"
source_hash: "5c41ec02adbe814cd546985988a947deb089b457612897ea0dca24a74e51fe38"
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 2520 (2020) — Schools; updating statewide alternative education system and modifying alternative education funding calculation; effective date; emergency.

## 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/2019-20 INT/hB/HB2520 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by WEST** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB2520 FA1 WESTTA-LRB.PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB2520 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2520 PCS.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB2520 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB2520 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB2520 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB2520 SFLR.PDF)
9. **HB2520 (4-16-19) (PEMBERTON) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2520 (4-16-19) (PEMBERTON) RT FA1.PDF)
10. **HB2520 FULLPCS1 TAMMY WEST-EK.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2520 FULLPCS1 TAMMY WEST-EK.PDF)
11. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2520 CS.PDF)
12. **Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCSH/HB2520 SCSH.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pemberton — primary (person)
- West (Tammy) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Authored by Representative West (Tammy)
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Common Education `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Common Education Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-12** General Order
- **2019-03-12** Authored by Senator Pemberton (principal Senate author)
- **2019-03-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-12** Title stricken
- **2019-03-12** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-13** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-13** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-02** Emergency clause stricken
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Withdrawn from Appropriations committee
- **2019-04-11** Placed on General Order
- **2019-04-22** General Order, Amended
- **2019-04-22** Title restored
- **2019-04-22** Emergency clause restored
- **2019-04-22** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-22** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-23** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-04-23** SA's received
- **2019-05-09** SA's read, adopted
- **2019-05-09** Coauthored by Representative(s) Hasenbeck
- **2019-05-09** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-13** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2019-05-13** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2019-05-13** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-16** Approved by Governor 05/16/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66a5001e-31f8-4878-9311-a587e64a4754`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).