---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers; removing requirement for school district matching funds for certain teacher certificates. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Teachers; removing requirement for school district matching funds for certain teacher certificates. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 1256"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1256 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker", "Pugh"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90123809-4d50-4b69-9023-54afdf16350b"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1256&session=2400"
source_hash: "a033525c3ebce9dce8ca58efd99645877570f04476a10577cb325a2891050267"
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 1256 (2024) — Teachers; removing requirement for school district matching funds for certain teacher certificates. 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/2023-24 INT/SB/SB1256 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB1256 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB1256 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB1256 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB1256 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **87–5** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations And Budget Education Subcommittee: Do Pass — **12–3** (pass) · lower
- Education — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)
- Pugh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** Authored by Senator Pugh
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-04** Coauthored by Representative Baker (principal House author)
- **2024-03-07** General Order, Considered
- **2024-03-07** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-11** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2024-03-11** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-25** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-11** CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-17** General Order
- **2024-04-17** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-17** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-17** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-04-18** Enrolled, to House
- **2024-04-18** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-24** Approved by Governor 04/23/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90123809-4d50-4b69-9023-54afdf16350b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).