---
type: "Bill"
title: "Strong Readers Act; modifying use of Statewide Literacy Revolving Fund; modifying requirement for teacher preparation program students to complete certain training. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Strong Readers Act; modifying use of Statewide Literacy Revolving Fund; modifying requirement for teacher preparation program students to complete certain training. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 841"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 841 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hasenbeck", "Pugh"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c47de906-f5b0-4690-befc-5091eaca12ac"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB841&session=2600"
source_hash: "17a1e657c394a1a0df906e3e8a22dcce9c8626637a2a502e54c99da2e1d0e4e1"
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 841 (2026) — Strong Readers Act; modifying use of Statewide Literacy Revolving Fund; modifying requirement for teacher preparation program students to complete certain training. 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/SB841 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by HASENBECK** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB841 FA1 HASENBECKTO-AQH.PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/SB841 HASB AND ENGR.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB841 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB841 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB841 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB841 SFLR.PDF)
8. **SB841 (3-17-25) (PUGH) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB841 (3-17-25) (PUGH) FS FA1.PDF)
9. **SB841 (3-17-25) (PUGH) RT FA2.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB841 (3-17-25) (PUGH) RT FA2.PDF)

## Votes

- Education Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **43–1** (pass) · upper
- Common Education Committee: Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **81–6** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Education — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hasenbeck — 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
- **2025-02-03** Coauthored by Representative Hasenbeck (principal House author)
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04** Title stricken
- **2025-03-06** Placed on General Order
- **2025-03-18** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2025-03-18** Title restored
- **2025-03-18** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Emergency passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0
- **2025-03-18** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-24** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-03-24** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Education Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Referred to Common Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Common Education `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-16** CR; Do Pass Education Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-29** General Order
- **2025-04-29** Amended by floor substitute
- **2025-04-29** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 81 Nays: 6 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-04-30** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-30** HAs read
- **2025-05-21** HAs adopted
- **2025-05-21** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-21** Enrolled, to House
- **2025-05-21** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2025-05-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-27** Approved by Governor 05/23/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c47de906-f5b0-4690-befc-5091eaca12ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).