---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; creating the Virtual Charter School Reform and Transparency Act of 2020; effective date; emergency."
description: "Schools; creating the Virtual Charter School Reform and Transparency Act of 2020; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 2905"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2905 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dills", "Pemberton"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14c5b8f6-967b-4bcf-bc9e-ad48810161c3"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2905&session=2000"
source_hash: "9e19ebb68d795f3dbeabe51978b1e08bc45f631667b0dc61e234c1c6d10bd68e"
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 2905 (2020) — Schools; creating the Virtual Charter School Reform and Transparency Act of 2020; 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/HB2905 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB2905 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB2905 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB2905 HFLR.PDF)
5. **HB2905 FULLPCS1 SHEILA DILLS-AMM.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2905 FULLPCS1 SHEILA DILLS-AMM.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2905 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Dills — primary (person)
- Pemberton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** Authored by Representative Dills
- **2020-02-04** Second Reading referred to Common Education `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Common Education Committee `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-26** Emergency added
- **2020-03-09** General Order
- **2020-03-09** Coauthored by Representative(s) Fincher, Pae
- **2020-03-09** Authored by Senator Pemberton (principal Senate author)
- **2020-03-09** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 94 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** Referred for engrossment
- **2020-03-10** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2020-03-10** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-11** Coauthored by Representative Randleman
- **2020-03-11** Coauthored by Representative Manger
- **2020-04-06** Second Reading referred to Education `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2020-05-11** coauthored by Sharp
- **2020-05-11** Withdrawn from Education committee
- **2020-05-11** Direct to Calendar
- **2020-05-11** General Order, Considered
- **2020-05-11** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2020-05-11** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2020-05-11** Referred for enrollment
- **2020-05-12** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2020-05-12** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2020-05-12** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-22** Approved by Governor 05/18/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14c5b8f6-967b-4bcf-bc9e-ad48810161c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).