---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; modifying reporting requirements for gifted child educational program expenditures; emergency."
description: "Schools; modifying reporting requirements for gifted child educational program expenditures; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1968"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1968 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nollan", "Stanley"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28dd579c-492a-45e6-9257-427a15b838ff"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1968&session=2100"
source_hash: "8f6620d1acca806457b2e60785ad958d896e20c49b8a0ba427484d99b45a9a61"
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 1968 (2021) — Schools; modifying reporting requirements for gifted child educational program expenditures; 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/2021-22 INT/hB/HB1968 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB1968 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB1968 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB1968 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB1968 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 Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Authored by Senator Stanley (principal Senate author)
- **2021-03-03** General Order
- **2021-03-03** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-03** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-04** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-04** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21** General Order, Considered
- **2021-04-21** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-22** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2021-04-26** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2021-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-28** Approved by Governor 04/28/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28dd579c-492a-45e6-9257-427a15b838ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).