---
type: "Bill"
title: "Career and technology education; creating the Oklahoma National Guard CareerTech Assistance Act; providing for eligibility; providing for application process. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Career and technology education; creating the Oklahoma National Guard CareerTech Assistance Act; providing for eligibility; providing for application process. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 31"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 31 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hicks", "Strom"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 44
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e8aa488-5c81-4063-ae46-2a44a0b96cc9"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB31&session=2600"
source_hash: "ef1b755e1caa0adfe4181954d452df249ecd780bc3cb2c2a0e0912dcecdc6384"
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 31 (2026) — Career and technology education; creating the Oklahoma National Guard CareerTech Assistance Act; providing for eligibility; providing for application process. 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/SB31 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/SB31 HASB AND ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB31 CA1.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB31 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB31 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB31 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB31 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Fourth Reading — **78–5** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations And Budget General Government Subcommittee: Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended, Strike The Enacting Clause — **28–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **76–5** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Education — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Fourth Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hicks — primary (person)
- Strom — 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 Hicks
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Coauthored by Representative Strom (principal House author)
- **2025-02-13** Coauthored by Senator Stanley
- **2025-02-13** Coauthored by Senator Alvord
- **2025-02-25** Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-25** Title stricken
- **2025-02-25** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10** Placed on General Order
- **2025-03-24** General Order, Considered
- **2025-03-24** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 47 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-25** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-03-25** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Referred to Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-16** CR; Do Pass, as amended, Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-16** Enacting clause stricken
- **2025-04-24** General Order
- **2025-04-24** Coauthored by Representative(s) Burns, Miller
- **2025-04-24** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 76 Nays: 5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-04-28** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-28** HAs read
- **2025-04-29** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-12** SCs named GCCA
- **2025-05-15** Conference granted, naming GCCA
- **2025-05-21** CCR read
- **2025-05-21** Title restored
- **2025-05-21** Enacting clause restored
- **2025-05-22** CCR adopted
- **2025-05-22** Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-05-22** CCR submitted
- **2025-05-22** CCR adopted
- **2025-05-22** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 78 Nays: 5 `passage`
- **2025-05-22** To Senate
- **2025-05-22** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-22** Enrolled, to House
- **2025-05-22** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2025-05-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-29** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/29/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e8aa488-5c81-4063-ae46-2a44a0b96cc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).