--- type: "Bill" title: "School personnel; requiring certain affidavit from previously employed full-time teacher to include certain attestation. Effective date. Emergency." description: "School personnel; requiring certain affidavit from previously employed full-time teacher to include certain attestation. Effective date. Emergency." jurisdiction: "us/states/ok" legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature" session: "2026" identifier: "SB 346" citation: "Oklahoma SB 346 (2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Bergstrom", "Hays"] version_count: 7 action_count: 30 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2025-02-03" last_action: "2026-05-13" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3da860e-e49f-454c-9330-85b8fae659b7" source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB346&session=2600" source_hash: "e0fee7a062369a08e5e176b7f41f4bf68bac90ad85b40cbb6933231ccd0e9970" 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 346 (2026) — School personnel; requiring certain affidavit from previously employed full-time teacher to include certain attestation. 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/SB346 INT.PDF) 2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB346 ENGR.PDF) 3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB346 ENR.PDF) 4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB346 HFLR.PDF) 5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB346 SFLR.PDF) 6. **SB346 (3-23-26) (BERGSTROM) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB346 (3-23-26) (BERGSTROM) FS FA1.PDF) 7. **SB346 (3-23-26) (BERGSTROM) RT FA2.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB346 (3-23-26) (BERGSTROM) RT FA2.PDF) ## Votes - Education — **10–0** (pass) · upper - Third Reading — **89–0** (pass) · lower - Common Education Committee: Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower - Advance — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper - Education Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Bergstrom — primary (person) - Hays — 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 Bergstrom - **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-02-27** Coauthored by Representative Hays (principal House author) - **2026-03-03** Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage` - **2026-03-03** Title stricken - **2026-03-05** Placed on General Order - **2026-03-23** Coauthored by Senator Mann - **2026-03-24** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute - **2026-03-24** Title restored - **2026-03-24** Coauthored by Senator Hamilton - **2026-03-24** Advanced to Third Reading - **2026-03-24** Ayes: 40 Nays: 0 - **2026-03-24** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage` - **2026-03-24** Referred for engrossment - **2026-03-24** Coauthored by Senator Sacchieri - **2026-03-25** Engrossed to House `passage` - **2026-03-25** First Reading `introduction, reading-1` - **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Education Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2026-03-30** Referred to Common Education `referral-committee` - **2026-04-09** Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Common Education `committee-passage` - **2026-04-13** CR; Do Pass Education Oversight Committee `committee-passage` - **2026-05-06** General Order - **2026-05-06** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3` - **2026-05-06** Signed, returned to Senate - **2026-05-06** Referred for enrollment - **2026-05-06** Enrolled, to House - **2026-05-06** Signed, returned to Senate - **2026-05-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2026-05-13** Approved by Governor 05/12/2026 `executive-signature` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3da860e-e49f-454c-9330-85b8fae659b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).