---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education; creating the Health Education Act; requiring health education to be taught in public schools. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Education; creating the Health Education Act; requiring health education to be taught in public schools. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 89"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 89 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker", "Haste"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0ecf197-ab1b-4ec5-a2f7-a59db1149211"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB89&session=2100"
source_hash: "549b8a1218111732262478cc8b8cd31736e6eddc7dbcbb8743e5bf8ffd2fe524"
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 89 (2021) — Education; creating the Health Education Act; requiring health education to be taught in public schools. 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/SB89 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB89 PCS.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB89 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB89 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB89 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB89 SFLR.PDF)
7. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB89 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)
- Haste — 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 Haste
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Coauthored by Representative Baker (principal House author)
- **2021-02-23** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-23** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-11** General Order, Considered
- **2021-03-11** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-15** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-03-15** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading referred to Common Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** CR; Do Pass Common Education Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-22** General Order
- **2021-04-22** Coauthored by Representative(s) McEntire
- **2021-04-22** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 4 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-22** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-26** Enrolled, to House
- **2021-04-26** Signed, returned to Senate
- **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/a0ecf197-ab1b-4ec5-a2f7-a59db1149211`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).