---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education; Rising Scholars Award Program; eligibility; cohort-based award schedules; effective date."
description: "Education; Rising Scholars Award Program; eligibility; cohort-based award schedules; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 3710"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3710 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell (Chad)", "Pugh"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa814bca-f555-45fd-a3ff-fcb1d205efc8"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3710&session=2600"
source_hash: "1bd1ed4fa71b69178ef6608b48473bfc9a6c144fdf2fee359841f41719a23282"
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 3710 (2026) — Education; Rising Scholars Award Program; eligibility; cohort-based award schedules; 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/HB3710 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3710 FULLAMD1 TREY CALDWELL-MKS.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB3710 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB3710 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB3710 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB3710 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3710 CS.PDF)
8. **Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3710 FULLPCS1 CHAD CALDWELL-AQH.PDF)
9. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3710 POLPCS1 CHAD CALDWELL-MAH.PDF)
10. **Sub Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3710 SUBREC.PDF)

## Votes

- Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **20–4** (pass) · lower
- Education — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **89–5** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations And Budget Education Subcommittee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **5–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell (Chad) — primary (person)
- Pugh — 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 Caldwell (Chad)
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2026-02-11** Referred to Appropriations and Budget `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** 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** Authored by Senator Pugh (principal Senate author)
- **2026-03-23** General Order
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-23** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-24** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-24** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-14** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-16** Placed on General Order
- **2026-05-05** General Order, Considered
- **2026-05-05** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-05-05** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2026-05-05** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2026-05-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** Approved by Governor 05/11/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa814bca-f555-45fd-a3ff-fcb1d205efc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).