---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers; definition for career teacher; effective date."
description: "Teachers; definition for career teacher; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 3671"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3671 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dossett", "Provenzano"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b67913f-42d1-48b4-b049-cf502f05af83"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3671&session=2600"
source_hash: "f9eb263eb89cc141ab1f59775aec49ae46ab7cd8e5bb7feac04947fb5ec06f63"
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 3671 (2026) — Teachers; definition for career teacher; effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 INT/hB/HB3671 INT.PDF)
2. **Amendment to Sub Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3671 SUBREC-AMD1 TREY CALDWELL-JM.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB3671 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB3671 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB3671 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB3671 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3671 CS.PDF)
8. **Proposed Committee Amendment (sub committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3671 SUBAMD1 MELISSA PROVENZANO-SW.PDF)
9. **Sub Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3671 SUBREC.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Appropriations And Budget Education Subcommittee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **89–4** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **27–0** (pass) · lower
- Education — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dossett — primary (person)
- Provenzano — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** Authored by Representative Provenzano
- **2026-02-02** Authored by Senator Dossett (principal Senate author)
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** Coauthored by Representative(s) Waldron
- **2026-03-05** Emergency removed
- **2026-03-24** General Order
- **2026-03-24** Coauthored by Representative(s) McCane
- **2026-03-24** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 4 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-25** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-25** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-25** Coauthored by Representative Rosecrants
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-16** Coauthored by Representative Dollens
- **2026-04-21** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-23** Placed on General Order
- **2026-04-29** General Order, Considered
- **2026-04-29** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-29** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2026-04-29** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-04-29** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2026-04-29** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2026-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-06** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/06/2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b67913f-42d1-48b4-b049-cf502f05af83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).