---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; modifying minimum salary schedule for certain certified personnel. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Schools; modifying minimum salary schedule for certain certified personnel. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 201"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 201 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell (Chad)", "Pugh"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2026-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69aabbfc-dc43-488d-9cce-ea791b6a0e9d"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB201&session=2600"
source_hash: "6ac3681541c5b495515baef83afd61888b6ea2ac7b35c7f54ede0a05e7f8154a"
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 201 (2026) — Schools; modifying minimum salary schedule for certain certified personnel. Effective date. Emergency.

## 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/SB/SB201 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/SB201 HASB AND ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB201 PCS.PDF)
4. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB201 FULLAMD1 CHAD CALDWELL-SW.PDF)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB201 CS.PDF)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB201 ENGR.PDF)
7. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB201 ENR.PDF)
8. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB201 HFLR.PDF)
9. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB201 SFLR.PDF)
10. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB201 HCS.PDF)
11. **SB201 (3-16-26) (PUGH) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB201 (3-16-26) (PUGH) FS FA1.PDF)
12. **SB201 (3-16-26) (PUGH) RT FA2.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB201 (3-16-26) (PUGH) RT FA2.PDF)

## Votes

- Advance — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **29–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Fourth Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Caldwell (Chad) — primary (person)
- Pugh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Authored by Senator Pugh
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-11** Title stricken
- **2025-02-11** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09** Placed on General Order
- **2026-03-23** Coauthored by Representative Caldwell (Chad) (principal House author)
- **2026-03-24** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2026-03-24** Title restored
- **2026-03-24** Advanced to Third Reading
- **2026-03-24** Ayes: 35 Nays: 1
- **2026-03-24** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-25** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-03-25** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-31** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Withdrawn from Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee Committee
- **2026-04-07** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-28** General Order
- **2026-04-28** Coauthored by Representative(s) Wolfley
- **2026-04-28** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-28** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-04-28** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-28** HAs read
- **2026-05-04** HAs adopted
- **2026-05-04** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 47 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2026-05-04** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-05-04** Enrolled, to House
- **2026-05-04** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-05-04** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-08** Approved by Governor 05/07/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69aabbfc-dc43-488d-9cce-ea791b6a0e9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).