---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virtual charter schools; providing for the keeping of attendance records. Effective date."
description: "Virtual charter schools; providing for the keeping of attendance records. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 244"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 244 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jordan", "Stanislawski"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/283c4de1-c1e8-4b45-b678-3982aeb77ee5"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB244&session=1800"
source_hash: "7d0ecd308052d349c339cde91aed01464776aa410dbf128cefc3ab27d8e90c58"
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 244 (2017-2018) — Virtual charter schools; providing for the keeping of attendance records. Effective date.

## 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/SB/SB244 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB244 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB244 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB244 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB244 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB244 SFLR.PDF)
7. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB244 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **63–28** (pass) · lower
- FOURTH READING — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jordan — 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 Senator Stanislawski
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Coauthored by Representative Jordan (principal House author)
- **2017-02-27** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-27** Emergency removed
- **2017-03-22** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2017-03-22** Emergency added
- **2017-03-22** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-22** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-23** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-23** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** Second Reading referred to Common Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** CR; Do Pass Common Education Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-24** General Order
- **2017-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-24** Emergency removed
- **2017-04-24** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 63 Nays: 28 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-25** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-04-25** HAs read
- **2017-05-04** HAs adopted
- **2017-05-04** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-08** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-05-08** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-05-08** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-12** Approved by Governor 05/12/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/283c4de1-c1e8-4b45-b678-3982aeb77ee5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).