---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; Grow Your Own Educator Program; eligible school district; funds; alternative certification pathway. Emergency."
description: "Schools; Grow Your Own Educator Program; eligible school district; funds; alternative certification pathway. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2045"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 2045 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowe", "Stanley"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf1b4171-e3ed-47bb-83b9-c98d407cfd75"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB2045&session=2600"
source_hash: "1765d396c4d712b333e790dc11c0551fdaee6e67f44d3a513842d88df03b6f1e"
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 2045 (2026) — Schools; Grow Your Own Educator Program; eligible school district; funds; alternative certification pathway. 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/SB2045 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by LOWE** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB2045 FA1 LOWEDI-SW.PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/SB2045 HASB AND ENGR.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB2045 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB2045 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB2045 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB2045 SFLR.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB2045 HCS.PDF)
9. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB2045 POLREC.PDF)
10. **Proposed Policy Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB2045 POLAMD1 DICK LOWE-SW.PDF)

## Votes

- Fourth Reading — **40–7** (pass) · upper
- Education Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Education — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Common Education Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **80–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lowe — primary (person)
- Stanley — 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 Senator Pugh
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Remove as author Senator Pugh; authored by Senator Stanley
- **2026-02-23** Coauthored by Representative Lowe (Dick) (principal House author)
- **2026-02-24** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Placed on General Order
- **2026-03-26** General Order, Considered
- **2026-03-26** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-30** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-03-30** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-31** Second Reading referred to Education Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-31** Referred to Common Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09** Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Common Education `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-14** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-04** General Order
- **2026-05-04** Amended by floor substitute
- **2026-05-04** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 7 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-04** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-05-05** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2026-05-05** HAs read
- **2026-05-05** HAs adopted
- **2026-05-05** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 7 `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-05-06** Enrolled, to House
- **2026-05-06** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-05-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-12** 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/cf1b4171-e3ed-47bb-83b9-c98d407cfd75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).