---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections; requiring Governor appointment for vacancies that result in a loss of a majority of board of education members; effective date."
description: "Elections; requiring Governor appointment for vacancies that result in a loss of a majority of board of education members; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1963"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1963 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nollan", "Stanley"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ac2975b-196d-453c-a761-53628b6e404e"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1963&session=2100"
source_hash: "e10eeb3d4e1e19bb91eaa003327976f1c43c420fec0f2bebfd5f55c4891835b6"
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 1963 (2021) — Elections; requiring Governor appointment for vacancies that result in a loss of a majority of board of education members; 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/2021-22 INT/hB/HB1963 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB1963 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB1963 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB1963 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB1963 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Nollan — primary (person)
- Stanley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Authored by Representative Nollan
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Elections and Ethics `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** CR; Do Pass Elections and Ethics Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Authored by Senator Stanley (principal Senate author)
- **2021-03-02** General Order
- **2021-03-02** Coauthored by Representative(s) Dills
- **2021-03-02** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 16 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-03** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Reported Do Pass Rules committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14** General Order, Considered
- **2021-04-14** Measure passed: Ayes: 34 Nays: 10 `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-15** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2021-04-15** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2021-04-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21** Approved by Governor 04/21/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ac2975b-196d-453c-a761-53628b6e404e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).