---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; requiring Commission for Teacher Preparation to adopt rules relating to digital technologies for program accreditation; effective date; emergency."
description: "Schools; requiring Commission for Teacher Preparation to adopt rules relating to digital technologies for program accreditation; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1576"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1576 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Stanislawski"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c094bcf-88c6-4bd8-96bb-1d29077ab7a7"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1576&session=1800"
source_hash: "cf2d898586c74e5b0e07bec9f5c989d43551690559e65fe524947f343b149fe6"
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 HB 1576 (2017-2018) — Schools; requiring Commission for Teacher Preparation to adopt rules relating to digital technologies for program accreditation; effective date; emergency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 INT/hB/HB1576 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB1576 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB1576 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB1576 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB1576 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1576 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **84–10** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **36–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Stanislawski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Authored by Representative Caldwell
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Common Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Common Education Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-14** Authored by Senator Stanislawski (principal Senate author)
- **2017-03-02** General Order
- **2017-03-02** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 10 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-02** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-06** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-03-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-20** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-30** General Order, Considered
- **2017-03-30** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 36 Nays: 6 `passage`
- **2017-03-30** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2017-03-30** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-04-03** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2017-04-03** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2017-04-03** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-06** Approved by Governor 04/06/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c094bcf-88c6-4bd8-96bb-1d29077ab7a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).