---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; directing school district boards of education to adopt a policy regarding student participation in released time courses."
description: "Schools; directing school district boards of education to adopt a policy regarding student participation in released time courses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1425"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1425 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rader", "Staires"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2024-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d245ebd5-e161-45f5-802a-a9d906b3deb1"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1425&session=2400"
source_hash: "2e2cf5fcbb5152c0d0fe4ab372a8228d8a69840bcdf1f8fedb0e201bc1704d4e"
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 1425 (2024) — Schools; directing school district boards of education to adopt a policy regarding student participation in released time courses.

## 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/HB1425 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1425 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1425 PCS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB1425 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB1425 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB1425 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB1425 SFLR.PDF)
8. **Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCSH/HB1425 SCSH.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–7** (pass) · upper
- Education — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Fourth Reading — **51–40** (pass) · lower
- Common Education Committee: Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rader — 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 Vancuren
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Common Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** CR; Do Pass Common Education Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Authored by Senator Stanley (principal Senate author)
- **2023-03-06** General Order
- **2023-03-06** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 96 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-07** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-07** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Coauthored by Representative Pittman
- **2023-03-23** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** Remove as author Senator Stanley; authored by Senator Rader
- **2024-03-18** Coauthored by Senator Stanley
- **2024-04-02** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-02** Coauthored by Senator Bullard
- **2024-04-16** General Order, Considered
- **2024-04-16** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 7 `passage`
- **2024-04-16** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-04-17** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2024-04-17** SA's received
- **2024-05-29** SA's read, adopted
- **2024-05-29** Remove Representative Vancuren as principal House author and substitute with Representative Staires
- **2024-05-29** Remove as coauthor Representative(s) Pittman
- **2024-05-29** Coauthored by Representative(s) West (Kevin), Wolfley, Conley, Hill
- **2024-05-29** Coauthored by Senator(s) Hamilton
- **2024-05-29** Fourth Reading, Measure passed and Emergency failed: Ayes: 51 Nays: 40; Ayes: 51 Nays: 40 `passage`
- **2024-05-29** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-05-29** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2024-05-29** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2024-05-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-30** Approved by Governor 06/05/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d245ebd5-e161-45f5-802a-a9d906b3deb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).