---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; curriculum; civil rights movement; State Superintendent of Public Instruction; effective date."
description: "Schools; curriculum; civil rights movement; State Superintendent of Public Instruction; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1397"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1397 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergstrom", "Lepak"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99a63b18-2e5b-4844-84b4-b46efb8687c6"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1397&session=2400"
source_hash: "6cf36b751275e60be74bfbf630f288dccdfcef7e9646567619740ed16bd87d35"
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 1397 (2024) — Schools; curriculum; civil rights movement; State Superintendent of Public Instruction; 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/HB1397 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB1397 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB1397 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB1397 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB1397 SFLR.PDF)
6. **HB1397 (4-19-23) (DAHM) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1397 (4-19-23) (DAHM) FA1.PDF)
7. **HB1397 (4-19-23) (DAHM) WDFA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1397 (4-19-23) (DAHM) WDFA1.PDF)
8. **HB1397 FULLPCS1 MARK LEPAK-MJ.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1397 FULLPCS1 MARK LEPAK-MJ.PDF)
9. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1397 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- Education — **10–2** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **35–9** (pass) · upper
- Common Education Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bergstrom — primary (person)
- Lepak — 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 Lepak
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Common Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Common Education Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01** Authored by Senator Bergstrom (principal Senate author)
- **2023-03-22** General Order
- **2023-03-22** Coauthored by Representative(s) West (Tammy)
- **2023-03-22** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 55 Nays: 42 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-23** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-23** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25** General Order, considered and deferred
- **2023-04-25** General Order, Considered
- **2023-04-25** Measure passed: Ayes: 35 Nays: 9 `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Coauthored by Senator Jett
- **2023-04-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-26** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2023-04-26** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2023-04-26** 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/99a63b18-2e5b-4844-84b4-b46efb8687c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).