---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teacher certification; directing the State Department of Education to implement certification pilot program."
description: "Teacher certification; directing the State Department of Education to implement certification pilot program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 217"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 217 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nollan", "Thompson"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98b10a6d-7d6d-4fab-9e64-2e37bd739b6f"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB217&session=2000"
source_hash: "4251ae2b93c7e35c1c0392d3870906198f6f7eac2e9a5add0a99229abad1390b"
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 217 (2020) — Teacher certification; directing the State Department of Education to implement certification pilot program.

## 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/SB/SB217 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB217 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB217 PCS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB217 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB217 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB217 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB217 SFLR.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB217 HCS.PDF)
9. **SB217 (3-11-19) (THOMPSON) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB217 (3-11-19) (THOMPSON) RT FA1.PDF)
10. **SB217 (3-11-19) (THOMPSON) RT WDFA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB217 (3-11-19) (THOMPSON) RT WDFA1.PDF)
11. **SB217 SUBAMD1 JADINE NOLLAN-EK.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB217 SUBAMD1 JADINE NOLLAN-EK.PDF)
12. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB217 CS.PDF)
13. **Sub Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB217 SUBREC.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nollan — primary (person)
- Thompson — 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 Senator Thompson
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-19** Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-19** Title stricken
- **2019-02-19** Emergency clause stricken
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Title stricken
- **2019-03-11** Coauthored by Representative Nollan (principal House author)
- **2019-03-13** General Order, Considered
- **2019-03-13** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-13** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-14** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-03-14** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-03-20** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-04** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-04** Coauthored by Senator(s) Bergstrom
- **2019-04-04** Title restored
- **2019-04-24** General Order
- **2019-04-24** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 9 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-25** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-04-25** HAs read
- **2019-05-06** HAs adopted
- **2019-05-06** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2019-05-06** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-07** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-05-07** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-05-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-13** Approved by Governor 05/13/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98b10a6d-7d6d-4fab-9e64-2e37bd739b6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).