---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Aid; allocation; prohibiting assessment of certain penalty if a school district exceeds certain limits during certain fiscal year; effective date; emergency."
description: "State Aid; allocation; prohibiting assessment of certain penalty if a school district exceeds certain limits during certain fiscal year; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 3964"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3964 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell (Chad)", "Stanislawski"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c72e66b-2a24-4fa2-8d20-2febfbed1321"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3964&session=2000"
source_hash: "8adbe29145d742de69421b8eec2ae1e4918ea130663f93bf16342c1ae3d8ce0c"
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 3964 (2020) — State Aid; allocation; prohibiting assessment of certain penalty if a school district exceeds certain limits during certain fiscal year; 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/2019-20 INT/hB/HB3964 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB3964 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB3964 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB3964 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB3964 HFLR.PDF)
6. **HB3964 (5-13-20) (THOMPSON) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB3964 (5-13-20) (THOMPSON) FS FA1.PDF)
7. **HB3964 FULLPCS1 CHAD CALDWELL-AMM.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3964 FULLPCS1 CHAD CALDWELL-AMM.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3964 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Caldwell (Chad) — primary (person)
- Stanislawski — 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 Caldwell (Chad)
- **2020-02-04** Second Reading referred to Rules `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2020-02-19** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2020-02-19** Referred to Common Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Common Education Committee `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-26** Emergency added
- **2020-03-09** General Order
- **2020-03-09** Authored by Senator Stanislawski (principal Senate author)
- **2020-03-09** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** Referred for engrossment
- **2020-03-10** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2020-03-10** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-04-06** 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
- **2020-05-14** Coauthored by Senator Bergstrom
- **2020-05-14** Coauthored by Senator Sharp
- **2020-05-14** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2020-05-14** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2020-05-14** Referred for engrossment
- **2020-05-14** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2020-05-14** SA's received
- **2020-05-15** SA's read, adopted
- **2020-05-15** Coauthored by Representative(s) Newton
- **2020-05-15** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2020-05-15** Referred for enrollment
- **2020-05-15** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2020-05-15** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2020-05-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-22** Approved by Governor 05/21/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c72e66b-2a24-4fa2-8d20-2febfbed1321`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).