---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teacher certification; Oklahoma Teacher Preparation Act; removing requirement to pass the general education portion of the competency examination; emergency."
description: "Teacher certification; Oklahoma Teacher Preparation Act; removing requirement to pass the general education portion of the competency examination; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 3658"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3658 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pemberton", "Sterling"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebbb39de-e512-4841-b360-cf93b7414f6b"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3658&session=2200"
source_hash: "a8336ef6449a631e0e38df00de555352987219bb4b1b3773adc319f27b509814"
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 3658 (2022) — Teacher certification; Oklahoma Teacher Preparation Act; removing requirement to pass the general education portion of the competency examination; 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/2021-22 INT/hB/HB3658 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB3658 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB3658 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB3658 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB3658 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3658 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Pemberton — primary (person)
- Sterling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** Authored by Representative Sterling
- **2022-02-08** Second Reading referred to Common Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Common Education Committee `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-17** Authored by Senator Pemberton (principal Senate author)
- **2022-02-17** Emergency added
- **2022-03-08** General Order
- **2022-03-08** Coauthored by Representative(s) Phillips, Talley, Randleman
- **2022-03-08** Coauthored by Senator(s) Hicks
- **2022-03-08** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-03-09** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-09** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-24** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-28** General Order, Considered
- **2022-04-28** Measure passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 4 `passage`
- **2022-04-28** Emergency passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 3
- **2022-04-28** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2022-04-28** Referred for enrollment
- **2022-05-02** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2022-05-02** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2022-05-02** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-05** Approved by Governor 05/05/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebbb39de-e512-4841-b360-cf93b7414f6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).