---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teacher scholarships; Oklahoma Future Teacher Scholarship and Employment Incentive Program; renaming program to Inspired to Teach Program; effective date."
description: "Teacher scholarships; Oklahoma Future Teacher Scholarship and Employment Incentive Program; renaming program to Inspired to Teach Program; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 2559"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2559 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McBride", "Pemberton"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3bf4d31-f4de-4701-a88e-2815d3fd7c32"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2559&session=2400"
source_hash: "271de4f1d5b35d2b854d07bad4a6920bf2ac6173648bbdb48132d74172cbf8e7"
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 2559 (2024) — Teacher scholarships; Oklahoma Future Teacher Scholarship and Employment Incentive Program; renaming program to Inspired to Teach Program; 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/HB2559 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB2559 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB2559 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB2559 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB2559 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB2559 SFLR.PDF)
7. **HB2559 (4-17-23) (PEMBERTON) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2559 (4-17-23) (PEMBERTON) RT FA1.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- Education: Strike The Enacting Clause, Motion By Senator Seifried - Adopted — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Appropriations And Budget Education Subcommittee: Do Pass — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended, Strike The Title — **31–0** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McBride — primary (person)
- Pemberton — 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 McBride, Baker
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02** CR; Do Pass, as amended, Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02** Coauthored by Representative(s) Waldron, Fugate, Dollens, Davis, West (Tammy), Schreiber
- **2023-03-02** Authored by Senator Pemberton (principal Senate author)
- **2023-03-02** Title stricken
- **2023-03-09** General Order
- **2023-03-09** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-13** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-13** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-11** Enacting clause stricken
- **2023-04-25** General Order, Amended
- **2023-04-25** Title restored
- **2023-04-25** Enacting clause restored
- **2023-04-25** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-04-26** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-04-26** SA's received
- **2023-05-10** SA's read, adopted
- **2023-05-10** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 79 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-10** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-05-11** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2023-05-11** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2023-05-11** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-15** Approved by Governor 05/15/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3bf4d31-f4de-4701-a88e-2815d3fd7c32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).