---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher education; subjecting certain private and out-of-state institutions of higher education to certain standards. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Higher education; subjecting certain private and out-of-state institutions of higher education to certain standards. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 550"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 550 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moore", "Seifried"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2429471-3065-4a90-b432-bfb0821ce8c1"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB550&session=2300"
source_hash: "9d8c60b9821107943ebe10cfb4ae420ca6a9d3a78276266e418ec92c6b10f106"
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 550 (2023) — Higher education; subjecting certain private and out-of-state institutions of higher education to certain standards. 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/2023-24 INT/SB/SB550 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB550 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB550 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB550 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB550 SFLR.PDF)
6. **SB550 (3-07-23) (SEIFRIED) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB550 (3-07-23) (SEIFRIED) RT FA1.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Moore — primary (person)
- Seifried — 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 Senator Seifried
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Coauthored by Representative Moore (principal House author)
- **2023-02-21** Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Title stricken
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Reported Do Pass Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-09** General Order, Amended
- **2023-03-09** Title restored
- **2023-03-09** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-13** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-03-13** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Higher Education and Career Tech `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** CR; Do Pass Higher Education and Career Tech Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-20** General Order
- **2023-04-20** Coauthored by Representative(s) Deck
- **2023-04-20** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 8 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-20** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-24** Enrolled, to House
- **2023-04-24** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** Approved by Governor 04/28/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2429471-3065-4a90-b432-bfb0821ce8c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).