---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; requiring screening for dyslexia; directing the State Board of Education to develop certain policies; screening tools; report; training; effective date."
description: "Schools; requiring screening for dyslexia; directing the State Board of Education to develop certain policies; screening tools; report; training; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 2804"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2804 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bice", "Sanders"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f9a9f29-784b-4098-8989-2c55d42c8cfc"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2804&session=2000"
source_hash: "bd46c9d1a8222b7d6474b1b3be0dfca73a9daa26acec9f7ee10461fb0c237f0f"
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 2804 (2020) — Schools; requiring screening for dyslexia; directing the State Board of Education to develop certain policies; screening tools; report; training; 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/HB2804 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB2804 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB2804 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB2804 HFLR.PDF)
5. **HB2804 FULLPCS1 MIKE SANDERS-AMM.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2804 FULLPCS1 MIKE SANDERS-AMM.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2804 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Bice — primary (person)
- Sanders — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** Authored by Representative Sanders
- **2020-02-04** Second Reading referred to Common Education `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2020-02-18** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Common Education Committee `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-18** Coauthored by Representative(s) Albright
- **2020-02-18** Authored by Senator Bice (principal Senate author)
- **2020-03-04** General Order
- **2020-03-04** Coauthored by Representative(s) Conley
- **2020-03-04** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** Referred for engrossment
- **2020-03-05** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2020-03-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-05** Coauthored by Representative Townley
- **2020-03-05** Coauthored by Representative Davis
- **2020-03-05** Coauthored by Representative Hill
- **2020-03-16** Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2020-05-13** Withdrawn from Education committee
- **2020-05-13** Direct to Calendar
- **2020-05-13** General Order, Considered
- **2020-05-13** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2020-05-13** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2020-05-13** Referred for enrollment
- **2020-05-13** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2020-05-13** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2020-05-13** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-22** Approved by Governor 05/19/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f9a9f29-784b-4098-8989-2c55d42c8cfc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).