---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; directing the State Department of Education to maintain the dyslexia handbook; effective date."
description: "Schools; directing the State Department of Education to maintain the dyslexia handbook; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2223"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2223 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pemberton", "Randleman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d17b1d1-2dfe-4dbc-832e-bf8ce6319f2b"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2223&session=2100"
source_hash: "05499a137a189d004c020f569e034a1a29f8043b67f04e6eb36e2a250f7d2497"
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 2223 (2021) — Schools; directing the State Department of Education to maintain the dyslexia handbook; 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/HB2223 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by RANDLEMAN (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB2223 FA1 RANDLEMANRA-EK(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB2223 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB2223 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB2223 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB2223 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Pemberton — primary (person)
- Randleman — 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 Randleman
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Common Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** CR; Do Pass Common Education Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09** Coauthored by Representative(s) Dobrinski
- **2021-02-09** Authored by Senator Pemberton (principal Senate author)
- **2021-03-01** General Order
- **2021-03-01** Coauthored by Representative(s) Davis
- **2021-03-01** Laid over
- **2021-03-08** Considered
- **2021-03-08** House Rule suspended
- **2021-03-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-08** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 96 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-09** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-09** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Coauthored by Senator Stephens
- **2021-03-23** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21** General Order, Considered
- **2021-04-21** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `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/1d17b1d1-2dfe-4dbc-832e-bf8ce6319f2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).