---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student teachers; elimination of nonsalaried teacher internship requirement; emergency."
description: "Student teachers; elimination of nonsalaried teacher internship requirement; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1781"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1781 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCall", "Montgomery"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2118086f-0366-4e3e-90aa-17830effe871"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1781&session=2000"
source_hash: "c8f0c9f9e2cf4be891d9ef2c37956b056f4454c9eb239e53b72176e72646ea61"
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 1781 (2020) — Student teachers; elimination of nonsalaried teacher internship requirement; 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/2019-20 INT/hB/HB1781 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB1781 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB1781 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB1781 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB1781 SFLR.PDF)
6. **HB1781 (4-16-19) (MONTGOMERY) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1781 (4-16-19) (MONTGOMERY) RT FA1.PDF)
7. **HB1781 FULLPCS1 CHARLES MCCALL-EK.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1781 FULLPCS1 CHARLES MCCALL-EK.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1781 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **40–5** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **93–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCall — primary (person)
- Montgomery — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Authored by Representative McCall
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Rules `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-20** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Appropriations and Budget `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-04** Emergency added
- **2019-03-07** General Order
- **2019-03-07** Authored by Senator Montgomery (principal Senate author)
- **2019-03-07** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 4 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-11** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-11** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-12** Coauthored by Representative Hill
- **2019-03-25** Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-03** Title stricken
- **2019-04-03** Emergency clause stricken
- **2019-04-25** General Order, Amended
- **2019-04-25** Title restored
- **2019-04-25** Emergency clause restored
- **2019-04-25** Amendment restored bill to engrossed version `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-25** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 5 `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-04-29** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2019-04-29** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2019-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Approved by Governor 05/02/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2118086f-0366-4e3e-90aa-17830effe871`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).