---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; prohibiting appointment of person who serves on a board of education of a school district supervised by the State Board of Education; effective date."
description: "Schools; prohibiting appointment of person who serves on a board of education of a school district supervised by the State Board of Education; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2678"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2678 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker", "Murdock"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5bc5f64-27bc-41b8-ab98-d156b49ba02d"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2678&session=2300"
source_hash: "c61c379271ba3b5b4d134ad45f521a7eb032b010c27f2e00505e1820f9ff2b0a"
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 2678 (2023) — Schools; prohibiting appointment of person who serves on a board of education of a school district supervised by the State Board of Education; 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/HB2678 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB2678 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB2678 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB2678 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB2678 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)
- Murdock — 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 Baker, McBride
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Common Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** CR; Do Pass Common Education Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07** General Order
- **2023-03-07** Coauthored by Representative(s) West (Tammy)
- **2023-03-07** Authored by Senator Murdock (principal Senate author)
- **2023-03-07** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 98 Nays: 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-08** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-08** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Coauthored by Representative Waldron
- **2023-03-23** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26** General Order, Considered
- **2023-04-26** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-27** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2023-04-27** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2023-04-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-02** Approved by Governor 05/02/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5bc5f64-27bc-41b8-ab98-d156b49ba02d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).