---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; authorizing school district to offer law enforcement elective course to juniors and seniors; effective date."
description: "Schools; authorizing school district to offer law enforcement elective course to juniors and seniors; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 2265"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2265 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johns", "Weaver"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8049d128-087e-4fb2-8983-a3a4b44432ae"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2265&session=2400"
source_hash: "66ce6a52e27bef2e2bd4fa67ba2c8ef790f3f62021e88c4fa668a3549d4f8bef"
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 2265 (2024) — Schools; authorizing school district to offer law enforcement elective course to juniors and seniors; 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/HB2265 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB2265 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB2265 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB2265 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB2265 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Education — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Common Education Committee: Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **82–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johns — primary (person)
- Weaver — 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 Sterling
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Remove Representative Sterling as principal House author and substitute with Representative Johns
- **2023-02-20** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2023-02-20** Referred to Common Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** CR; Do Pass Common Education Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28** Coauthored by Representative(s) Sterling
- **2023-02-28** Authored by Senator Weaver (principal Senate author)
- **2023-03-13** General Order
- **2023-03-13** Coauthored by Representative(s) Manger
- **2023-03-13** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 82 Nays: 5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-13** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-14** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-14** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25** General Order, Considered
- **2023-04-25** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **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/8049d128-087e-4fb2-8983-a3a4b44432ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).