---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; student searches; allowing for search of shoes and hand and head coverings of students; effective date."
description: "Schools; student searches; allowing for search of shoes and hand and head coverings of students; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1634"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1634 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergstrom", "Staires"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5238d43a-a19a-4897-9939-bbe6c597beb4"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1634&session=2300"
source_hash: "2d02d172beffaae1d5562fe73eeabc1d40bb232c134ac7a07536ed9470d635a9"
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 1634 (2023) — Schools; student searches; allowing for search of shoes and hand and head coverings of students; 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/2023-24 INT/hB/HB1634 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1634 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1634 CA1.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB1634 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB1634 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB1634 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB1634 SFLR.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1634 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Bergstrom — primary (person)
- Staires — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Representative Staires
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Common Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Common Education Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Coauthored by Representative(s) Davis
- **2023-03-09** General Order
- **2023-03-09** Authored by Senator Bergstrom (principal Senate author)
- **2023-03-09** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-13** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-13** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-17** General Order, Considered
- **2023-04-17** Measure passed: Ayes: 34 Nays: 14 `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-04-18** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-04-18** SA's received
- **2023-05-10** SA's read, adopted
- **2023-05-10** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 73 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-10** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-05-11** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2023-05-11** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2023-05-11** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-15** Approved by Governor 05/15/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5238d43a-a19a-4897-9939-bbe6c597beb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).