---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; removing directive to grant certain exemption for chronic absenteeism; effective date."
description: "Schools; removing directive to grant certain exemption for chronic absenteeism; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1988"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1988 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haste", "Nollan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/173609cc-ddc4-4627-834f-84aef5718739"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1988&session=2000"
source_hash: "0196e823b360d4bf06381f49ac7d836822d9a8bceda0a674f45022b19e5bf6c1"
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 1988 (2020) — Schools; removing directive to grant certain exemption for chronic absenteeism; 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/2019-20 INT/hB/HB1988 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB1988 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB1988 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB1988 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB1988 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haste — primary (person)
- Nollan — 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 Nollan
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Common Education `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-06** CR; Do Pass Common Education Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-18** General Order
- **2019-02-18** Authored by Senator Haste (principal Senate author)
- **2019-02-18** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 95 Nays: 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-18** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-02-19** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-02-19** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Second Reading referred to Education `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-09** General Order, Considered
- **2019-04-09** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-04-10** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2019-04-10** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2019-04-10** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-16** Approved by Governor 04/16/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/173609cc-ddc4-4627-834f-84aef5718739`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).