---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; school curriculum; requiring inclusion of content from US naturalization test in standards; mandating emphasis on civics; US history assessment; effective date; emergency."
description: "Schools; school curriculum; requiring inclusion of content from US naturalization test in standards; mandating emphasis on civics; US history assessment; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 3311"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3311 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker", "Bergstrom"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da98d0ee-457a-4d6a-8c6d-15d8307a8eb2"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3311&session=1800"
source_hash: "bdade0d02558b02cd41f676fe72b7c1cbe8207469d0b04ffc2944e29658588f3"
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 3311 (2017-2018) — Schools; school curriculum; requiring inclusion of content from US naturalization test in standards; mandating emphasis on civics; US history assessment; 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/HB3311 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB3311 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB3311 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB3311 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB3311 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3311 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **84–2** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **32–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)
- Bergstrom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Authored by Representative Baker
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading referred to Common Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Common Education Committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-27** Authored by Senator Bergstrom (principal Senate author)
- **2018-02-27** Emergency added
- **2018-03-15** General Order
- **2018-03-15** Coauthored by Representative(s) West (Tammy), Lawson
- **2018-03-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-15** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 2 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-15** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-03-19** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-21** Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-09** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** Withdrawn from Appropriations committee
- **2018-04-11** Direct to Calendar
- **2018-04-16** General Order, Considered
- **2018-04-16** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 32 Nays: 8 `passage`
- **2018-04-16** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2018-04-16** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-04-16** Coauthored by Senator Dahm
- **2018-04-17** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2018-04-17** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2018-04-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-23** Approved by Governor 04/23/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da98d0ee-457a-4d6a-8c6d-15d8307a8eb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).