---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher education; renaming University Center of Southern Oklahoma; emergency."
description: "Higher education; renaming University Center of Southern Oklahoma; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2943"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2943 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCall", "Treat"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-04-06"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59bd7ea4-2d17-4e37-b0e8-288d1a808b3d"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2943&session=2100"
source_hash: "bf5d361c52c7affba7cd5c06b00695295ac85b4a7cccd291903f1f9a7bd5f1d1"
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 2943 (2021) — Higher education; renaming University Center of Southern Oklahoma; 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/HB2943 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB2943 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB2943 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB2943 HFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- McCall — primary (person)
- Treat — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-06** Authored by Representative McCall
- **2021-04-06** Authored by Senator Treat (principal Senate author)
- **2021-04-07** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Withdrawn from Rules, Direct to Calendar
- **2021-05-03** General Order
- **2021-05-03** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-03** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-05-04** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-05-04** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Direct to Calendar
- **2021-05-12** General Order, Considered
- **2021-05-12** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2021-05-12** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2021-05-12** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-05-13** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2021-05-13** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2021-05-13** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-18** Approved by Governor 05/18/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59bd7ea4-2d17-4e37-b0e8-288d1a808b3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).