---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teacher certification; competency examinations; Oklahoma State Board of Education; exceptions; deaf; effective date; emergency."
description: "Teacher certification; competency examinations; Oklahoma State Board of Education; exceptions; deaf; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2329"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2329 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lawson", "Simpson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b232c620-8f3a-4896-bd49-bc4eaa02dd18"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2329&session=2100"
source_hash: "3ee391aebe1d7c7ffc07df057bdde669f53016b9b546ac0dbd960fc029f358fd"
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 2329 (2021) — Teacher certification; competency examinations; Oklahoma State Board of Education; exceptions; deaf; 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/2021-22 INT/hB/HB2329 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB2329 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB2329 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB2329 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB2329 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Lawson — primary (person)
- Simpson — 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 Lawson
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** CR; Do Pass Rules Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Authored by Senator Simpson (principal Senate author)
- **2021-03-09** General Order
- **2021-03-09** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 97 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-09** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-10** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-10** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14** General Order, Considered
- **2021-04-14** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `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/b232c620-8f3a-4896-bd49-bc4eaa02dd18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).