---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teacher certification; providing for certification of teachers with out-of-state certificates. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Teacher certification; providing for certification of teachers with out-of-state certificates. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 1125"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1125 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCall", "Pugh"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e336e04-3ff7-422b-bde1-d52f5ee07f3d"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1125&session=2000"
source_hash: "1c99eba77f616f3bff85ae4365fdf8d938e60205259b84a3364d5f54144b715c"
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 1125 (2020) — Teacher certification; providing for certification of teachers with out-of-state certificates. 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/SB/SB1125 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB1125 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB1125 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB1125 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB1125 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- McCall — primary (person)
- Pugh — 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 Senator Pugh
- **2020-02-04** Second Reading referred to Education `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2020-02-06** Coauthored by Senator Stanley
- **2020-02-11** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-11** Coauthored by Senator Bullard
- **2020-02-11** Coauthored by Senator Simpson
- **2020-03-10** Coauthored by Representative McCall (principal House author)
- **2020-03-11** General Order, Considered
- **2020-03-11** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2020-03-12** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2020-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-05-06** Second Reading, direct to Calendar
- **2020-05-11** General Order
- **2020-05-11** Coauthored by Representative(s) Lepak, Townley, Davis, Fugate
- **2020-05-11** Coauthored by Senator(s) Bergstrom
- **2020-05-11** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 98 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-05-11** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2020-05-11** Referred for enrollment
- **2020-05-12** Enrolled, to House
- **2020-05-12** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2020-05-12** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-18** Approved by Governor 05/18/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e336e04-3ff7-422b-bde1-d52f5ee07f3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).