---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; requiring opportunity to take certain aptitude battery test be given to certain students. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Schools; requiring opportunity to take certain aptitude battery test be given to certain students. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 642"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 642 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pugh", "Roberts (Dustin)"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2e74f20-f29c-4944-b8b3-04de8ffe0d05"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB642&session=2100"
source_hash: "1a0e65f20b8a3d432645433f5cf72990690da35d8fb00e7963df74ca7506718d"
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 SB 642 (2021) — Schools; requiring opportunity to take certain aptitude battery test be given to certain students. 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/SB/SB642 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB642 PCS.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB642 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB642 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB642 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB642 SFLR.PDF)
7. **SB642 (3-04-21) (PUGH) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB642 (3-04-21) (PUGH) RT FA1.PDF)
8. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB642 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Pugh — primary (person)
- Roberts (Dustin) — 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 Senator Pugh
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-23** Title stricken
- **2021-03-08** Coauthored by Representative Roberts (Dustin) (principal House author)
- **2021-03-09** General Order, Amended
- **2021-03-09** Title restored
- **2021-03-09** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-10** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-03-10** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading referred to Common Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** CR; Do Pass Common Education Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21** General Order
- **2021-04-21** Coauthored by Representative(s) Nollan
- **2021-04-21** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-21** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-22** Enrolled, to House
- **2021-04-22** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-27** Approved by Governor 04/27/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2e74f20-f29c-4944-b8b3-04de8ffe0d05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).